retreat

watercolor of Quenby by Jeanne

stepping back from chaos

looking up with awe

innocence sees parent twinkle in the eye

against the stars

the glow of the moon

and smells the tribe its own

breathing in its sweetness

expelling the sigh of contentment

life’s pink cheek

its tender skin…

retreat

illustrator: Shadra Strickland

 

today I drive home to the barn ,in Honesdale, and meet with

the “muse in the woods”: Gail Carson Levine and

a ring of published authors and poets