Welcome to another "P-06877-etry” feature where Ridgefield’s second Poet Laureate, Ira Joe Fisher, shares his poetic prowess with HamletHub readers!
The Other Side of Yesterday
Sun urges the beech trees to sparkle
And dance. But I am out for darkling shade.
Morning and dew and the grasshopper day
Feel the footfalls of the garage and farm
As day does day as though night never was.
Leaves welcome the sun upon their branches,
But I wish night had never departed,
Had never powdered westward and away.
Soft night, the sleeping sparrow, the creek slowed
To shine more gently, more dim from the sun
Burning on the other side of yesterday.
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