The Cherita, 2021

loose knot

a wooden bucket

swaying in the well

 

stilled reflection

our chosen star

becomes a black hole

 

Hifsa Ashraf and John Hawkhead #5:4 September 2021

 

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old oak branches

 

curl around

its shadow

 

the deer’s heart

beating a path

for the bullet

Hifsa Ashraf and John Hawkhead #5:5 October 2021

 

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white noise

the rippling caw

of a mountain crow

 

scents of splintered pine

wash over the high falls

 

snowmelt in her eyes

 

 Hifsa Ashraf and John Hawkhead #5:6 November 2021