Crystallines by Denis Garrison

crystalline #1

Day so bright, shadows seem like night.
Cool veranda, dark within the light.

crystalline #2

Buried at sea, our helmsman slips beneath the waves.
Flying fish take flight.

crystalline #3

Dead calm twilight sea.
A dolphin leaps from black into the rosy blue.

crystalline #4

Suddenly quiet, she gently hangs up,
touches her father's photo.

crystalline #5

On her letter is one last teardrop
that marks the end and blurs her name.

crystalline #6

Glittering black lake tonight,
bright butter moon, your stunning yellow light.

crystalline #7

In the treetops, the fireflies wink on and off.
Distant thunder grumbles.

crystalline #8

The graveyard's frozen hard.
We must wait for spring to thaw both ground and grief.

crystalline #9

In golden grove, leaves slide down sunbeams,
a migrant bird's strange trilling song.

crystalline #10

Windy, wintry day, the dead leaves fly.
No birds will try this pallid sky.

crystalline #11

Deep sleeping branches garner strength.
Ice clad, they dream of April glory.

crystalline #12

Late winter sky, lonely miles from you.
The spruce hills turn a darker blue.

crystalline #20

Amid myriad choices,
we value voices who sing us a song.

crystalline #28

Dazed, in the doctor's office;
the foreign sound of laughter in the hall.

crystalline #29

When she comes in, the whole room fades and
becomes mere background for her eyes.

crystalline #30

Green streak through desert drab;
forty feet below, a lightless river runs.

crystalline #31

Dawn forest afire - a lavender sky.
No time for beauty today.

crystalline #32

Motionless in high sun,
I watch a thistle-seed ride the westward breeze.

crystalline #33

Vintner's terrace dapples in warm rain.
What fragrance from the mingled wine!