Tombs of Night & The Naked Dawn: Two Monoku Sequences
By Silk~
Tombs of Night
canyon wren-song untangling the thicket – dawn
a billowing web the complexity of solitude takes shape
sifting through the stillness of the lake – day moon
against the cold horizon this mountain of fading light
at the end of caws the color of crows
velvet moon too soft for the borders of our jagged minds
one bird warbles in the height of our darkness
blue tears lost in the tombs of night
The Naked Dawn
slow country road the naked dawn almost ready
stirring tea sandhill cranes massage the sky
your soft hands unraveling me cashmere breeze
tulips: finding your hiding place
petal by petal the expiration of innocence
Silk~ is a USA-based poet. Publication credits: Frogpond, Wine Cellar Press, Akitsu Quarterly, Cold Moon Journal, Poetically Magazine, FreshOut Magazine and Wales Haiku Journal. Longlisted in the 2021 Frontier Digital Chapbook Contest. Twitter: @Silk73507704.