Yellow Mama E zine

IN SHADOWS

 

by Michael Keshigian

 

Blades of grass and wildflowers,

we scribe,

forever in the shadows

of great white pines

and giant sequoias.

Their literary majesty

dominates the garden

of earthly expression

though plants among us

occasionally reflect beauty so pure

as to demand notice

for momentary flower

and sweet aroma.

Our distinction adorns

the abundant landscape,

though ultimately withers,

scattering throughout

the forest of memory

into the realm of lost paths

and uninhabited caves,

where with sun’s gentle grace

and fertile soil,

another seed may blossom

to deliver a sensuous

if not abbreviated message.

 

 

        Michael Keshigian is the author of 14 poetry collections, recently having been published in Studio One, Smoky Quartz, Panoply, among others. Nominated seven times for the Pushcart Prize and three times for Best of the Net, his latest books (Dark Edges, Into the Light, and What to Do with Intangibles) are available on Amazon.

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         Joseph Richkus is an enthusiastic illustrator, photographer, writer, and reader. He has been an essential oil perfumer for more than 20 years, and has worked as a history teacher, chemist, security guard, and circus canvasman. He bemoans the limits of time and regrets that he is not 10 people, one of whom would happily devote every waking hour to reading the Sunday New York Times.