#midwest – Words and Coffee Writing

Poem: Empty Chairlifts

uphill shifting shadows fading walls folded gray ghosts of skiers in pastel coats shimmer in silent snow superimposed over sunburnt grasses holding restless echoes

Rolling farmland conceals cars in its dipping valleys. Corn stalks sway and tremble in dance before they flutter away like long-limbed birds over fields, peppering grassy bluffs with their stories. Telling my own story, I stutter and stumble back into my mind, heedless of my lesson. Rough edges of the highway caress the greying river.Continue reading “Poem: Heart’s Shiver”