love alone sees both her men crack,like humpty dumpty falling off a wall, yetdeep down, where no one else looks, she’lllocate the dot in the nook, where love still persists- the gift now is to see them clearly, sweetas they once were, though autumn always hada back door leading to a poached afternoon sun-but, in […]
Author: ellen 'windy' aug lytle
ellen ‘windy’ aug lytle is a poet/journalist/fiction writer and painter living in nyc and for 45 years in Vermont too! she adores every Animal, children, ‘underdogs’ and the #1 train currently she is dealing with two publishers for books which would incl.75-100 poems mostly from 2013- 2020/ her poem ’still august’ is poem of the month (october?) from Coffee Labs Press/ coffeepoems@writerscenter.org
leaf
a leaf floats betweentwo birches the field is shocked:its lofty mannerits deliberateslowness maybe its jealousof the dance she watches the momentgo by as if its on fire such hastesuch ferocity he watches herwatch the momentthen grabs his own together they mightstall a twilight ellen 'windy' aug lytleellen ‘windy’ aug lytle is a poet/journalist/fiction writer and painter […]