I have come the selfsame path
To the selfsame door,
Years have left the roses there
Burning as before
While I watch them in the wind
Quick the hot tears start-
Strange so frail a flame outlasts
Fire in the heart.
by Allison Hedge CokeThey took deer, elk scapula, scraped soil
Just enough to loosen my path.
Drove a planting peg,
Turned, held to one side
as I dropped dried
into wet earth.
gave goodness,
pollen, meal, ...