American River Review 2019 - Flipbook - Page 52
Mulberry leaves dive
an endless cerulean breadth
water and earth drawn
into high minded
to summers and falls then on
floats pristine yellow
flipping cautions windward
curling, soaring, gliding
rioting in blue
arrows plunge yellow
leaves as sycamine falling
out of the Bible
empty and aimless
scooped like koi schooled lots
and netted smoothly
cadmium chrome boats
sinking into pools become toys
in playful drifting
Mulberry leaves cup
seamless origami koi
caught smoothly in nets
up and down blue mise
lily lived turning
top to bottom sun spin offs
Feathery slow leaves
through sky blue to pool
fishing among the willing
diving mulberry aims at
real reflected life
real life living live
swan dive suspended
rejoins the mirrored tree
fools the eyes jeremiad
Marilyn Monroe
leaves her blonde shell to rot here
now with all of our
Perse of mulberry
color sky fished in green
by mistake as koi
trees spent summer tide
frittering their gold away
until leaves are done
Mulberry leaves dove
as if to fly away—caught
sky as water
yellow leaves riding
netting leaves my surprise
in awe of my chore
Mulberry leaves dove
through sky into water then
wanted an ending
catching the sky swim
netting leaves in blue demise
in awe of flash lights
Mulberry leaves dove
skimming pooled water
wanting air to end
mulberry leaves dive
in sky blue pool fishing the
boats of yellow truce
Mulberry Leaves
colorful beauties
Marilyn Monroe koi swim
the wonder of days
suns liquifying white
airy dancing new to me
blinds radiant moves
supernal hangons
skates radiant blobs upon
live beats the skin as
bobbing swimming pool
sun seared eyes
burning island fresh
in a swimming pool
swallowing ichorous sun
above pooled
iridescence
between open ended blues
in mystery leaves
paper leaves flying
bonny banks of lux lumen
buzzing deserters
As shepherding leaves
captivated eyes slipping
cross its prize again
Deborah Dano
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