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.

Friday, October 18, 2024

Mark A. Fisher

plutonian shore


I toss in the 3am darkness

my dream fading into thoughts

trying to puzzle out plots

to unwritten stories

that I’ll likely forget

as the sun rises

on responsibility

and my muddling

finds no closure

as another day slips

out of potential

onto the cusp

of past

and future

where existence toys

with folly

like I do

when sleep has fled

and I choose

to rise before the sun

and derail

the dismay

that lurks behind

the whispered curtains

watching me

and waiting

for me to finally

become mad

and listen

to the black bird’s

call




carpe noctem


the wind that

chills me

does not touch

the moon glowed clouds

still against

the autumn stars

mere memories

against a velvet black

painting of all the nights

I said

“wait”

‘cause I could be

the man on the moon

looking down

at pirouetting

dancing worlds

wrapped up in

experience

singing to gods

unknown

until the eastern sky

glows

a poppy orange

and time

breaths a sigh

seizes the day

then lets go


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