r c dewinter
Oh Orion, what will become of you
when that shield on your shoulder flames out?
We can’t afford another fallen hero
in these dark times.
When that shield on your shoulder flames out
Canicula will be masterless.
In these dark times
silence will echo, thunderous, in the night sky.
Canicula will be masterless;
who will wake us to the next disaster?
Silence will echo, thunderous, in the night sky.
Our ears stoppered, our eyes will weep.
Who will wake us to the next disaster?
We can’t afford another fallen hero.
Our ears stoppered, our eyes will weep.
Oh Orion, what will become of you?
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R C deWinter’s poetry is widely anthologized, notably in New York City Haiku (New York Times, February 2017), Cowboys & Cocktails (Brick Street, April 2019), Nature In The Now (Tiny Seed Press, August 2019), Coffin Bell Two (March 2020), in print in 2River, Adelaide, Event, Genre Urban Arts, Gravitas, Kansas City Voices, Meat For Tea: The Valley Review, the minnesota review, Night Picnic Journal, Prairie Schooner, Southword, among others and appears in numerous online literary journals.