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the same star

November 14, 2022November 11, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

seeing the same star 

from my window

from your window

seeing the same star

from the night

November 8, 2022November 6, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

from the night 

through the open window

starlight

the veil shifts

the dance will never end 

Through the candle flame

December 25, 2021December 22, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Through the candle flame and out of the barn door I saw the stars piercing the velvet night. I walked outside; snow creaked. Straight above our heads a single star shone brightest as others spiralled in silence. Your hand was warm in mine. It is time to go back in.

Written for Scottish Book Trust December 2021

stars softly

September 25, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

stars softly look down

a single distant owl calls

stones wise as lovers

in silence we watched

September 5, 2021September 2, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

in silence we watched the storm of birds

stitch the tattered sky together

as the sun slid down behind the hills

stars shone through the spaces they had missed

star beat

August 24, 2021August 27, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

beneath the star
beats the heart
above the beat
the star shines

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beneath the star

August 22, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

beneath the star

beats the heart

grass slowly

June 27, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

grass slowly grows
star daisy-crowned
turns to face the moon
silence in the shadows

planting seeds

June 7, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

planting seeds by starlight
moonbeams guiding their growth
watered with tears and brightened by smiles
the wind from the north and the sun from the south

stars shoot

June 3, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

stars shoot, fall at night
– sacred imagination –
then the clouds blow in

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