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Ayaz Daryl Nielsen

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immobile death mask

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

immobile death mask

repeated over and over

all of our goodbyes




moonless night



by ayaz daryl nielsen


 


moonless night


the hopelessness

of shadows




moonlit breeze through a forest


 


by ayaz daryl nielsen


 


moonlit breeze through a forest


green leaves sway within rhythms


of a woodland’s subtle sutra



shadowyu


 


by ayaz daryl nielsen


 


“shadows”


my young nephew insists


need deodorant, too


 


nighttime moonlight—


our shadows


race us home


 


my young nephew’s


silly joke—


and he insists


our shadows


are laughing


 


black cat attack


a pounce upon


my moonlit shadow


 


stepping back


just in time—


the shadow of


a passing cab


just misses



a pen with red ink

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

 

an overnight rain

a morning walk

mist and moistness

a pen with red ink

she’s asleep, at home, her heart, at rest

redwing blackbirds, prairie dogs,

rabbits, wood ducks, a blue heron

a light wind, ripples across the lake

warmth rises from the wooden dyke

gramma grass, mountain mahogany

aspen grove and an old cottonwood

yesterday, these moments, and tomorrow



and quite beautiful

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

distant space station

these lady ambassadors

from a nearby moon

in formal attire

golden bells on 

their silver horns



still

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

 

and

they’re

again

together

two karma bandits

and a centuries-old affair

an incarnate love beyond all known lifelines





 





and they are prancing

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

and they are prancing

dancing in our deepest sleep

tomorrow's new poems



crows in our hayloft

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

 

crows in our hayloft

the swarms of rapid cawing

as their nests widen



Spring kicks off its boots

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

Spring kicks off its boots

summer's green grass is sprouting

dew between bare toes



blind heredity

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

blind heredity

the tyranny of our glands

reincarnated


 

 

moonlit wind through the forest

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

moonlit wind through the forest

leaves swaying within the rhythm

of a woodland’s silent prayers



a warm melody

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

a warm melody

in the symphonies playlist

here’s where my heart sings



winter continues

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

winter continues

between the falling snowflakes

meadowlark chirping



 

basking in sunlight

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

basking in sunlight

mushrooms and these wildflowers

earth’s emissaries



found floating above

 

by ayaz daryl nielsen

 

found floating above

my friend, the poet’s, gravesite

yes, a few more poems


ayaz daryl nielsen, veteran and hospice nurse, lives in Longmont, Colorado, USA. Editor of bear creek haiku (35+ years/175+ issues) with poetry published worldwide, he is online at:  bear creek haiku   poetry,     poems and info. Among other deeply appreciated honors, he is especially delighted by the depth and heart of poets worldwide whose poems have a home in bear creek haiku’s print and online presence.













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