Forgotten Ground Regained

Kenning the Cobble

1. Accidental Archway Deborah called it · a magic door —this white pine felled · by some fierce windacross the trail · after roots and trunkhad drawn to itself · the earth’s disease:a leaning arch · leading awayfrom vegetable garden · I vainly managetoward the wild · wooded messinesswhere we cling to no · conceit of control.
2. Vernal VisionsBloodroot, spring beauty, Dutchman’s britches,last autumn’s leaves, and trout lily,festoon the forest · floor of springtimegracing the ground · we tread together.Coda pees and sniffs · piles of fresh pelletsdropped indiscreetly · by passing deerwho nibble buds · off berry bushes.Here, too, hovers · the Holy Breath.
Photographs by Matthew Dickerson
Copyright © Matthew Dickerson, 2024 First Published in Forgotten Ground Regained, New Series, Issue 5, Winter, 2025
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