FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: SHOOTING STARS Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Shooting Stars are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Friday, December 20, 2024

Trish Saunders

And We’ll Drink From A Glass Of Stars


Yes, let’s get smashed on cheap pink wine,

sick of genteel sadness,

I want to wade thigh-high 

inro dangerous surf, 

fling a bottle, 

shake my bracelets at the sky:

Damn you up there, in your glittering milieu.

What do you know about heartache? 

Have you lost a son? 

Searched for a missing brother?

Someone, twirl me on dull beige sand. 

I want people to point and stare. 

You sneering comets, nebulae--

come down here,

go toe to toe with me.




Horse and Stars


Down from the hills came this dark blue roan,

he trotted into my living room 

looked briefly at me  

while chandelier chards 

glittered in his mane, 

then just as quickly he

bolted outside.


I loved that horse once. Together,

we could forget our small town

near the ocean.  


As my family slept,  

my horse and I crossed the Pacific 

while Orion’s dogs stared down enviously.


With that horse, I could return 

to the place I started from.

People will be waiting. 

They will come out of their houses  

to smile and wave, welcoming us.     


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