February 2023
Author's Note: Many of my poems begin while walking, as did this one from my manuscript in-progress, My most recent book is Threnody, Moon Tide Press, 2022.
Walking my Dog in the Dark
My pup knows how to wake up in the world: Look how she stands on hind legs, paws on the sea-wall, watching a guy on the beach toss a football into the air, catching it again, and again, amusing himself as day begins. I snap a shot or two with my phone of the ball’s rise and decline. When the sun pops up, my pup and I walk on.
©2023 Donna Hilbert
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