By Jury S. Judge

 

Sundial peaks cast their angular shadow

By the way of blessed pines

Light travels in splintered sheets

Through the dense virgin forest

Fiddlehead ferns unfurl nervously

Look at the darker edge of green

 

Soft moss responsive to rain

Tendrils feel the cracked wall

Lichens grown fat on gravestones

Leaves supple and pliant on the branch

Touch the darker edge of green

 

Green hills dotted white with sheep

Underfoot, lies the ancient peat

Damp grass after a receding flood

An unfamiliar cologne tints the air

Smell the darker edge of green

 

Flowers are lovely even when they die

Boil their remains for calming tea

Droplets on the moist pink tongue

Were droplets on velvet petals

Taste the darker edge of green

 

The weary bootshod feet

Wind caresses pine needles

The guitar strings vibrate

Under dirty calloused fingers

Hear the darker edge of green

 

 

Jury S. JudgeJury Judge

Jury S. Judge is an internationally published artist, writer, poet, photographer, and political cartoonist. Her Astronomy Comedy cartoons are published in The Lowell Observer. Her artwork has been widely featured in literary magazines such as Dodging The Rain, The Tishman Review, New Plains Review, and The Manhattanville Review. She has been interviewed on the television news program NAZ Today for her work as a political cartoonist. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 2014. If you are interested in commissioning her for artwork or illustrations, email her at jurysjudge@gmail.com.

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