http://slow.writerscafe.org/cdonavon The original writings of author Catherine Donavon en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775948475 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Cloudsthe ugly yellow-greenof a week-old bruiseovertook the sky like plagueswelling and cramping the atmospherewith the restless, bloated insistenceof a fever-racked tongue.Silence rang in my earsas feathered gossip-mongers defectedto some secret storm haventaking their chatter with them.Anticipatio.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/cdonavon/2119825/ Sheets snap on the line in the morning breeze;Smells of dewy earth and Clorox bleach;I close my eyes and let my memory reach,And sail again with you on azure seas.Before our cotton diaper standard flewWe were a perfect cake-top man and wife;We skimmed the silken surface of our lifeCocooned aboard a .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/cdonavon/2119824/ I walk outinto the fresh-bathed Morningdream steamy and utterly silent.Not even the birds dare breakthe fragile film of peace.I stand suspendedwithin a gray-green sphereenfolded and caressedby an atmosphereneither fog nor haze nor mist,but a ghostly gauzethat binds melifts meswirls methrough a blurr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/cdonavon/2119821/ This is a series of four poems inspired by walks in a special nature preserve. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/cdonavon/2119820/ Dedicated to my ancestors http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/cdonavon/2119788/ Grey this morningAnd coolWith intermittent ChirpingBecoming insistentInterrupted by raucous cawing from the East.Patches of fogSlowlyClearing from my brainAs dreams dissipateAnd coffee moves in.PossibilityOf conscious thoughtLater in the morningWith a slight chance ofAccomplishmentAround n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/cdonavon/2119786/ A love of nature poem written August 22, 2015 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/cdonavon/2119759/