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Arlice W Davenport
Poems
Aug 2018
Orange, Blue
1.
I will baptize the sky
with new waters,
washing the Birger Sandzen pink
from the clouds.
Cattle reject their reflection in farm ponds.
Trees turn their backs to the horizon and bow.
Indigo night. Angular lights in the distance:
Freight train roars. Empty cars
headed northward.
2.
I will baptize the Earth
with new fire,
scorching stubble and sod
from the Plains.
Cattle nudge clods of dirt for sweet tendrils.
Trees shape words, but can no longer spell.
Charcoal cairns point the way to deep furrows.
Growing pains. Orange flames
headed nowhere.
3.
I will baptize my heart
with new poetry,
spilling villanelles
into my veins.
Cattle low for soft yodels from cowboys.
Trees sashay to the solos of birds.
Rosy-fingered dawns
in my songs? I sail elsewhere.
Orange, blue. Twilight hues
headed homeward.
Written by
Arlice W Davenport
M/Kansas
(M/Kansas)
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