by Vernon Wade | Apr 6, 2022
Thick frost crusts the ground Overhead, countless stars are blinking All around me the orchard fans thunder
by Vernon Wade | Feb 15, 2022
Submerged in the darkness I struggle to distinguish the sound of water tumbling down the creek from the rushing tires of an approaching car Timing my naked leap from the hot tub so as not to offend the...
by Vernon Wade | Feb 12, 2022
Coyotes howling songs of freedom from the star-lit stage above Willow Flat Agitate farm dogs up and down the road And drive the inmates of the kennel To a frenzy
by Vernon Wade | Jan 23, 2022
Predawn freezing fog blankets the canyon. My rooster is arguing religion with the neighbor’s bird. Occasionally some cock down the road will offer his ill considered opinion, only to be sternly rebuffed by an owl who has been struggling to remain aloof from the...
by Vernon Wade | Jan 21, 2022
Receding snow covers the ground like a dirty blanket, crusty and stained, flecked with debris. But the moon bathes it clean, transforming it into a glowing blue sheet stretching across the open fields from treeline to treeline. In the distance a lone coyote’s...