Ripples
Wavering world, seen in the ripples raised by a hand a stone the flip of a fish tail the delicate …
Author Archives: Ronald E. Shields
Birch Trees
Broken skin of the birch trees; curled silver taking in the light and returning a muted glow to the air. …
Kite Maker
A kite maker’s life Seems a complex affair. She must learn the art Of strength that is Lighter than air.
Truth In The End
The woman who opened her original wound to give me the world, comes offering a chance for redemption but I …
My Poet For Today
Elizabeth Bishop Filling Station Oh, but it is dirty! —this little filling station, …
Graveside
Men with shovels break gray clods into dust. A woman with beaded fingers asks again the question on her mourner’s …
Entrails
Goodbyes stack up, well seasoned wood disemboweled by fire; ashen entrails to read the future. If life is all …
Out West
Someone wise said to me “A person can learn certain things out West. If you go to the right places, if you look …
The Invitation
Something is between us -the eye of a needle, a bitter pill, too many miles on sad macadam. You …
Too Cold
It is difficult to keep faith in green – grass, leaves, moss, even frogs. Snow covered ground yields no place to plant …
Poetry on the run 