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4-30-19
Endings are endings
final
finite
but only in this world
this realm
there are others we can visit
as we leave this one
of this I am sure
because I believe
in the unbelievable
and cast aside all fear
to pursue
the incomparable
adventure.
© Erik Hansen 2019
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4-16-19
Crows call from the woods
inside their church of forest,
pine tree sacristy.
© Erik Hansen 2019
Filed under American, Contemporary, Creative Writing, Edges, Poetry, Publishing, Self Publishing, Writing
4/15/19
Rain taps the flashing
upon the back porch window
subtle spring music.
© Erik Hansen 2019
Filed under American, Contemporary, Creative Writing, Edges, Poetry, Publishing, Self Publishing, Writing
4/7/19
The scent of fresh turned soil
decomposing leaves
markers of spring
points the clouds
to warmer days
lying on your back
on some sun warmed hillside
without a care in the world.
© Erik Hansen 2019
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4/4/19
Cold spring wind reminds
you should have worn a hat
it blows winters’ detritus
from the new blooms
that have mustered the courage
to rise up.
© Erik Hansen 2019
Filed under American, Contemporary, Creative Writing, Edges, outdoors, Poetry, Publishing, Self Publishing, Writing
Half Life
These parched wastes dry slowly
this wasteland’s orange sky
births fallout
its ash dusts the sands
with poison snow
that feed lakes of mercury
thirsty
for the isotope laden rain
scratch me a symbol
upon a cinder block
that makes up this
broken, leaning half-wall
this half-life
we half-struggle through
rust caked, shambling
dreaming monochromatic dreams.
© Erik Hansen 2019
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Frogs call from the swamp,
a hawk soars high in the sky,
crocus break the soil.
© Erik Hansen 2019
Filed under American, Contemporary, Creative Writing, Edges, Literature, outdoors, Poetry, Publishing, Self Publishing, Writing
Here’s a teaser from a short story I’m currently working on titled, “Rogue”
“The onshore breeze slipped around the water logged boles and through the exposed roots of the mangroves bringing with it the scents from the mudflats; rotting seaweed, brackish water and dead fish. Sweat caused his shirt to stick to his back just under his shoulder blades as he readjusted his rifle sling and peered into the dark latticework of the jungle ahead.
Somewhere within the primordial depths of these swamps and glades lurked the four hundred pound, silent killer of men that Jonathan had come to track down. He knew the beast would test all of his skills, all of his bushcraft and knowledge of jungle lore besides presenting him with the personal, physical trial these things always distilled down to every time he undertook them. Any mistakes meant death and he counted on his prey being the first to commit one in the days and maybe weeks to follow.
A gang of rhesus macaque hooted and scolded him from the safety of the tree tops, their antics serving to refocus his attention to the present task at hand.
He noted the direction in which the pug marks lead and, moving off to the side a few yards so as not to spoil the tracks, Jonathan slipped into the jungle after them.”
Filed under Creative Writing, Edges, fantasy, Fiction, Literature, outdoors, Publishing, science fiction, Self Publishing, Short Fiction, Short Story
I went into the woods
to count the countless trees,
where three hundred years
is young,
found they indeed have a number
the ancient mossy stumps of giants
felled long ago
host seedlings that may never
grow
to the heights of their ancestors
while the wind through the pine boughs
are whispered legends, myths in Mi’kmaq
quietly told to others who will never understand.
© Erik Hansen 2018
Filed under American, Contemporary, Creative Writing, Diversity, Edges, Literature, outdoors, Poetry, Publishing, Self Publishing, Writing
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