Song Of The Crystal: Ron Lavalette

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September 28, 2013 by northerncardinalreview

Safe the harbor here
where hardwoods creak
in wind
bend
along the water’s edge
to kiss and mix
their shadows;
to measure air
and mark the water’s reach.

Safe the haven here
where streamlets, muttering,
murmur secret histories
of millrace, of millpond,
and of slightly shifted stone.

Safe safe safe
where water falls:
below the cliffstone
beneath a tree, beside a brook.

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Ron Lavalette is from Barton. VT. He has been widely published both in print and online. A reasonable sample of his published work can be found at http://eggsovertokyo.blogspot.com/

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