Poetry

Fragments

An evening poem

Erika Burkhalter
Published in
2 min readMar 7, 2024

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“Afterglow.” Photo ©Erika Burkhalter

The mountain slipped from pink into obscurity.
Swallows swooned into the dusk.
Diamonds glittered at her feet.
The afterglow obscured the lust.

A pendant moon adorned the sky.
A random jewel outdid the rest.
The breast of darkness pulsed with ice.
A purple curtain fades to sea.

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Erika Burkhalter
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Photographer, yogi, cat-mom, lover of travel and nature, spreading amazement for Mother Earth, one photo, poem or story at a time. (MA Yoga, MS Neuropsychology)