Hidden Pools
/Richard Dinges, Jr.
Broken trees etch a gray cold sky.
White nothing lies where pond once pooled.
A flat blank plane, unmoved by wind,
its frozen attitude dares me
enter its void. I stay sheltered
from temptation, trudge my endless
circle, keep our secrets separate,
shiver to think what lies below.
Richard Dinges, Jr. lives and works by a pond among trees and grassland, along with his wife, two dogs, three cats, and ten chickens. Home Planet News, The Journal, Eureka Literary Magazine, Cardinal Sins, and Caveat Lector most recently accepted his poems for their publications.
