since I’ve dreamed
anything that was
not nightmare

This spring
with goslings in
the roses, tulips

and crocuses pushing
color thru crystal
ice, I hardly

notice the wood
ducks. I don’t hear
geese in flight.

I used to dream
goose music, scan
black ripples

walking back
from the pond.
Before I photographed

the last light
glowing in dark
woods

the sun gulped.
Just one tree
on fire as

if glowing
from within

Image credit:Jay Dougherty
Lyn Lifshin

Lyn Lifshin was a steady presence in the poetry world for over four decades. She published some 120 books and chapbooks and has been widely anthologized. You can find her work on Amazon. Lyn died on December 9, 2019.