Shadows

honeysuckle arbor

The poetry of today
is in the gentle wind
and in the feathered shadows
cast by cedars on the house wall

The view from the cool shade
is lush, made brighter
by the slow closing of the sun’s window
as the tall trees
stretch their long influence
across the afternoon.

©Wendy Mulhern
May 28, 2015

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