settling dusk
a boy and his dog
leaping shadows
Ryan Stone
Last Light
Reverie
louder and louder
the smell of Nanna’s kitchen
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Seasons
so crisp
the autumn sun,
then winter
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Fugue
strangers greet her
with expectant eyes
at the nursing home
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Amaranthine
at the hot springs
below the line of thought
I find you, old friend
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Smoke
twilit valley
clouds blow into ghosts
ephemeral life
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Fall
amber leaves
tumbling down the path—
empty nest
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Escape
Despite
the mist, the lack
of light,
they fly
true south, those geese,
while I
remain,
earthbound by age
and pain.
Ryan Stone
Watcher
cubby house—
in the far corner
cobwebs
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Hollow
silk corner cobwebs
entwine yesterday’s dry husks,
bloodless and rotting
Ryan Stone
days of stone 