Two poems

Two poems

by Leo/Cai Quirk
Ithaca Meeting

 

gifts

 

when the earth is in pain. from so many 

taking. taking. taking. without a backward glance.

what can I give?

 

the caress of a fern leaf,

water to a parched garden,

joy at the sight of the moon.

 

food scraps to compost,

compost to earth,

renew, refresh, relive.

 

notice the dew,