Above the tree line—a perigee moon
sends its silver hoard careening over icy rapids
on the semi-frozen river passing hearth warmed cabins
to gather on dead pools as bats hunt in the wind.
Light covers the high peak with shadows a day long.
Wolves, invisible and noisy howl their pack to order
as smoke struggles free from lunar-lit chimneys.
An elk sniffs the scent of man from the track of a snowshoe
before falling onto blooded ground; a casualty of a perigee moon.
a small edit was done
sends its silver hoard careening over icy rapids
on the semi-frozen river passing hearth warmed cabins
to gather on dead pools as bats hunt in the wind.
Light covers the high peak with shadows a day long.
Wolves, invisible and noisy howl their pack to order
as smoke struggles free from lunar-lit chimneys.
An elk sniffs the scent of man from the track of a snowshoe
before falling onto blooded ground; a casualty of a perigee moon.
a small edit was done