aubade
bed on the screened porch
sun through leaves and
birds in the morning
something outside time this was
your skin smooth
eyes deep wood and water
my skirt on the chair
sandals waiting
your voice as I dress
white roses
again you have surprised me.
twenty five white roses
in a large clear vase
in the white room,
center petals so pale a pink,
almost missed.
how many years have you
filled my life with roses,
the fine white velvet of
your love,
the soft pink at the center
of night?
in this rose light
time's door does not close
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Leslye Layne Russell, northern California poet, is also a performing singer and guitarist, and experienced minimalist dancer. Her two poetry books, A Quiet Place and Ku Mountain, will be out in early 2001. In 1969 Layne received her degree in English from Chico State where she studied poetry and writing with George Keithley. She did post-graduate work in Religious Studies at CSU, Chico, and in the Arts and Religious Studies at Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado. Layne's poetry has appeared in many poetry journals since she began publishing her work in 1996. After living in Sonoma County for twenty-six years where she raised her two daughters and stepson, Layne recently moved to Redding with her husband, guitarist James Russell, and their blue-eyed Lynx Point Siamese, Sky. Layne's extensive poetry web site, A Quiet Place, can be found at http://whiteowlweb.com. |
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