Steven Federle Poems

Deep in the woods
down the steep trench
we call to each other -
to the creek we descend
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Caught in the web
I cannot move.

Memory
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I fill this small space,
coarse stone in the stream,
as soft, summer winds
gently shape me,
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In the psalms of night birds
in the bright morning trees,
I hear your song echoing,
overwhelming me.
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Suisunes once lived
beneath the Twin Sisters.

Ascending beyond the vineyards and twisted oaks,
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Deep thunder shakes this warm July evening
and lightning flashes over the waterfront
filling the clear, starry sky with acrid clouds and glimmering rain
falling to the water as children gaze
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From deep inside
I heard them,
howling hatred
lashing me with my own hands
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This Georgia forest,
is sundered
by winding highway
into green canyon walls.
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Along the wall,
deep in the shade
of the Palace of the Governors
Indians recline,
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Cast your seed
upon my barren soil.
In winter’s dark night
I yearn for new light.
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