Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Tall-Grass Prairie Daydreams

Withdrawn into mind’s eye

And daydreams by and by,

My heart soars given time to dwell

On bygone prairie day

And swift red dog at play

In knee-deep grasslands...raising hell.


Down dusty trail in search

Of Red-tailed Hawk’s elm perch

Beside iconic windmill well,

That sustains beast and man

On said windswept hardpan

And postpones lone homestead's death knell.


Cloud billows in azure skies

Winnow woes and stay demise

Of unconstrained dreams; and foretell

Long lopes in league with wild hare

And reward beyond compare,

Once boundless horizons bid farewell.


© Ilija Lukić 2024


Arrow-Feather Trail
(Cooper enjoys La Copa De La Vida near Clovis, New Mexico)

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