Coral fungi inspire a poet
Adrienne Asher writes about how to love what perishes, and how our lives resemble and differ from beings of the natural world. She has been published in numerous anthologies and journals, including Bellingham Review, The Laurel Review, and Black Mountain Press’ “The 64 Best Poets of 2018.” She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her musician husband, a Maine Coon cat, and nine miles of books. You can find her at www.AdrienneAsher.com
The Cascades in Winter
{before}
We hiked under too much sky
Watched weather moving in, tumultuous
Evening and morning ran within us,
hours reconciled in movement
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We gathered white coral fungi, their pale
fingers reaching from dead leaves
in damp, in shadows, filling our imaginations
with their tiny pale flames, their wild castle spires
{after}
We were an orchestra of scents
Mortal among untamed peaks
Immortal but frayed upon return
Memory held our distances, our journey
Thank you, Adrienne for a fresh appreciation of our unruly skies after a very wet week. Let's all keep the urban kittens dry by supporting Feline Friends: https://feline-friends.net/support.htm
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