Archive for September 2nd, 2009
The Window
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry
The Window
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outside my window
midday celebrates
alive with September sun
and the scurry of creatures
warmed by late summer
nature
in splendid voice
the chuff of tree’d red squirrel
blend with the song
chirp
and trill of birds
chickadee
goldfinch
western bluebird
and others
fly
flutter
and flit
cracking the black-oil sunflower seeds
that spill from their feeders
under the patient eye of a red-tailed hawk
casually calling
from the top of a Sitka spruce
swaying in the [...]
Conjured
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry
Conjured
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the restless
unsleeping souls
are conjured forth
this moonless nocturne
entranced
in ancient dance
a rhythmic ritual
of sanctified fire
deep night
and dark magic
summoned
from the place beyond time
by the fevered will
of the shaman
to bear immortal witness
as the holy apparitions
ascend wraith-like
in prayerful unity
rising supplicant
from the 8-point sacred flame
in sacrifice
to the vengeful one
lest this eater of the undead
set upon the dawning morrow
to steal the blessed [...]
