Friday, November 20, 2009

Halos


Halos

Sandhill cranes fly low
Over iris-spotted bogs,
Have red halos
As twilight ruffles
Their head feathers.
How different from us
Who to have halos,
Must renounce
The things of this world,
Beat our chests with stones.


Duane Locke

Posted over on Electric Acorn

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