March 2021
June Crawford Sanders
juneinca@aol.com
Bio Note: I am a bird-watcher, a friend collector, a time traveler, a word-lover. My poems and photographs have been included in several small press publications, on and off-line, including One Sentence, In a Woman's Voice, and Tahoe Ski Magazine.

Almost Spring

Willows along the creek are turning red.
From his fencepost Magpie said,
"It won't be long until Robin returns
with Meadowlark and Mockingbird,
and they will learn I made it through—
they said I wouldn't last the winter
if I didn’t follow them.”

Reverie

I want to wear the night forest—
long folds of pine shadows,
velvet moss slippers, stardust
in my tangled hair, moonlight
on my shoulders. Find me when
it’s time for bed. Hold my hand.

Published in Poems to Keep, 2017
DemseyandWindle, UK with title Raiment
Originally published as Raiment in Poems to Keep, Dempsey & Windle, UK, 2017.
©2021 June Crawford Sanders
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