-Jim Burns
Moon and stars,
icy light points
flicker in a
dome of
darkness.
Trees buzz
with cicada
singing a chorus,
we live,
we live.
Sleeping boy
in hammock
climbs a
starlit ladder
of dreams
to the future.
JIM BURNS was born and raised in rural Indiana and spent most of his working life as a librarian in Iowa and Florida. Retirement gifted him with free time, and he returned to a decades-old, but placed aside, interest in writing, especially poetry, several of his pieces having now appeared in Eucalyptus Lit, Skipjack Review, Ulu Review, and other online and/or print publications. He lives with his wife and dog in Jacksonville, Florida.
Appeared in rainy weather days volume 1, July 2024