FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: STILL NIGHT Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Still Night are now published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 26th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Dean Okamura

Still night

   


After the night turns still 

and creatures cease 

stirring in their places 

of safest rest. 


Like a curtain is falling, 

made of silence, 

keeping us separate, 

split from the rest. 


The Angels are not singing. 

All things postponed. 

Holding their breath - waiting - 

as-if on-hold. 


Like sitting on the hillside 

over the town. 

A pleasant starry night - 

not warm or cold. 


I consult the sleepwalker 

who loves the night. 

If the heavenly bodies lose their shine - 

does anything remain? 


He says that nature is full of beauty. 

She speaks a language of hidden feeling. 

The night sky still circulates with life. 

It was a mystery - he couldn’t explain. 


Then we looked at his sketches - shadows of the sky - ballerinas on the winds - turbulent waves in the air - and the laughter of the moon. 




Images: Vincent van Gogh "Starry Night" (sketch and painting)


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