Dusky pink moonlight
Cherry blossom arabesque
Dreaming tomorrows
Ryan Stone
No One
dawn pauses, explodes
in a flash of carmine fire
flaring in the east
flaring in the east,
Icarus ascends his throne –
blazing flight of one
blazing flight of one,
Labyrinth behind, no one
makes it out alone
– Ryan Stone
Written for National Poetry Month 2016 @ The Music In It – Being Alone
Alight
fireworks explode
in an ink-black sky
—my name on your lips
Ryan Stone
Housing Crisis
storm understory
broken nest glitter,
lone magpie
Ryan Stone
Awaken
into the spring dawn
baby kookaburras launch
fresh twitter accounts
Ryan Stone
Ash
determined thief—
forest fire steals all
but their last embrace
Ryan Stone
Hollow
silk corner cobwebs
entwine yesterday’s dry husks,
bloodless and rotting
Ryan Stone
Fledgling
after the dance
her questioning hands—
is this your first time?
Ryan Stone
Forsaken
in tumbleweed fields
old man scarecrow waving,
blackbirds fly on
Ryan Stone
Priceless
At the garage sale
Cherished toys in an old box
A man asks, how much?
Ryan Stone
days of stone 