Author: Jane Dougherty

How far? by Jane Dougherty

Jane Dougherty

How far? How far must we travel to feel a change,outrun the sun, the seasons, familiar faces? Days turn from pale dawn to golden sunset,and in between the light dims and brightens,clouds pass, rain rains, and the world grows. One day I will go to Naplesand […] Read more: How far? Source: Jane Dougherty

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Wind and water

Wind and water

Jane Dougherty

Wind and water When there is only skyand waving tree lineand tall grass a silent crowd when there is no soundbut the complaint of leaves in the winda lone nightingale in the hedgeand the swollen streamshouting from its bed when the world is wind and waterwe hold our breathbeneath the shoaling cloudswhale-black jostlingand wait for […]

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