January 2023
Doug Brown
dwbrown49@gmail.com
Bio Note: I read more than I write, but I often chuckle when scratching out a few lines and wonder how it may end or where it may end up.

Humidity

An orange ladybug orbits a faded red zinnia.
The katydids’ chant rattles above the pine forest,
Beyond the sky’s purple rim and hiss beneath the earth.
A box turtle conceals her pearl eggs in a nest of black loam.

Orange Sky October

An evening’s waiting,
A red bird, tomato red, sings
Ever so generously beyond
The tea olive this passing sun’s
Orange chill.
I rise to a call, 
“soup”,
Waiting at the top of the stairs
Stirred by one who loves.
©2023 Doug Brown
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