Shadows in Grey Light

October 25, 2024

Day folds into night
she holds herself still
the sharp angular lines
of his cheekbones

and the fire flares in the hearth –
orange-tinged blue flames
his temper burning fast and hot
like the gidgee wood he mills.

don’t pull that sullen face son
beware his mood…
Mother and son
wait…
for a new dawn

Marilyn Humbert

Marilyn Humbert lives in the Northern suburbs of Sydney NSW Australia. Her Tanka and Haiku appear in many international and Australian journals, anthologies and online. Her free-verse poems have been awarded prizes in competitions and some have been published.

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