streak and dash and smudge…

Wild strawberry

This crayon sky

of streak and dash and smudge,

the bird that won’t be drawn,

she skips her way

on high stark branches,

and invites my eye

to see her bit of sky,

and then I look away

to see new color

making a new day.

July 29, 2020

My poem “Wild strawberry” was published in my fifth collection of 53 poems, My first name was rain: A dreamery of poems. You can buy it on Amazon (paperback and Kindle), or get it free in Kindle Unlimited (search for “Richard Carl Subber”).

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“This crayon sky…”…“Wild strawberry,” my poem