tinder roughshod underfoot
twigs and leaves crack the edge
20 leagues of mist
acapella
an early frost shocks the forested desert
still hawking its firestarter and touchwood
still hoping for forgiveness and awakenings
emboldened
the midnight sun bows
and takes the cool hand of Winter
into the trees
Regine Ebner
is a teacher and writer in the American Southwest. Her work has been published in numerous journals including Sledgehammer Lit, Black Bough Poems, Consilience Journal, Cerasus Magazine and many others. The unique Sonoran Desert is often her muse. She loves writing about nature, seasons, loss and love.