#NewThisDay Writing From My Photo Stream

Quiet Branches 

Beaded Fern 

A clever way to lose the voices –

rid your mind of shrill –

let branches hanging this afternoon

brush the noisy blame you don't deserve

off your stinging skull

while you crunch to icy marsh

and hunt for harmless beads

unbroken by hard weather

All photos and text copyright Kelly DuMar 2017