Dawnell Harrison’s most recent poem to appear here was Nectarines (January 2012).
The fox and the moon
By Dawnell Harrison
The fox with its
Red pelt and the moon
That never apologizes
For its beauty.
The fox creeps
Through the forest
Searching
In the snowy, moonlit night
For shelter against
The elements.
The powdery snow
Has been falling
Steadily for three days
Or eternity–
I forget sometimes
When the beauty
Is laid out like
A plate of love.
I loved the last line.