Thank the Stars

Thank the stars now setting in predawn’s silent beauty. As the lakeshore yields to water we humans, too, unstiffen. In...

photography by Susa Silvermarie

Applause

I cannot rattle off her name, and so I look at her more deeply, her elegant self as innocent of...

Ruffling

Ruffling

For you I need no eyes. I let them close to feel the dear surprise of your touch on my...

photography by Susa Silvermarie

As Light Leaves Orchids

I face the east and see light from the west withdraw, but slowly, from the orchids. The orchids, orange, are...