Lori DeLozier

MASTERPIECE WITHOUT DEER

Light embraces October, meeting salt
to blood; the worn-down ground
an under-darkness where fruit is torn out:
the red-ochre hearts of persimmon.
 
Here, the fir's memory
imagines its past: empty oriole nests,
rain sounding on needles like wings,
and the wind that's never quite pacified
unwinding its shining body.
 
Made real is the forebrain's doom
and delight--inside the canvas,
a trespassing path
where season carries the painted
spirit, unharmed
 
but always hungry. Behind every tree,
like a secret,
dark throats
swallow golden apples.

Location:	Oklahoma / New Mexico
Occupation:	Professional writer and teacher
Email:	waterblue@gcinet.net
Publications:	Zuzu's Petals, Westview, Illyah's Honey, Rural Heritage, Amaze, etc.

- November 2004 - Lake Mungo 3 Masterpiece Without Deer The Drummer We Interrupt This Program... Pop off the climbing Merging Conflict