A personal Appearance

By John Grey

She bends
to follow the brushing
of her long nutmeg hair.,
breaking through the tangles
with an occasional wince
and tightening of the eyes -
if she were in the night sky,
I'd be witnessing a rare cosmic happening

 

The Act

Hawk sweeps down
on stupefied vole –
in the tunnels and roots systems
at ground level,
it is an act of terror.

 

Not until the raptor
returns to its nest
of squabbling, squealing chicks
is it an act of kindness.

 

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Sheepshead Review, Stand, Poetry Salzburg Review and Hollins Critic. Latest books, “Leaves On Pages” “Memory Outside The Head” and “Guest Of Myself” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Ellipsis, Blueline and International Poetry Review.