Poem for Japan
The music of children playing
A smile warms my face
Vibrant blues stretch for
Deepening reds on arms
Cardinal hiding in a bush
Flew there ‘pon approach
Crows circling high above
Lazing through the summer sky
Cool of the evening
Ending a summers day
Mark Stratton is the editor of Cats With Thumbs literary blogzine. He lives in Columbia, MO, USA with his wife and three cats, and says he ‘scribbles on occasion.’
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