Craig W. Steele, US

 

 

Acrostic   Heartbroken   Her heart, a newly-shattered ruin, Expels crumpled corpuscles just As a crystal curio spews glass when Riven by hammerous blows. Teardrop shards Betray her pain, Reflect her inner desolation. Only by husbanding each sliver and Kindling love’s flame anew can I meld, recast, Enfold the molten form, and then Negotiate the stresses of annealing.     Cinquain   Summer's Slide   Summer slides steadily towards autumn again; flowers drop their heads as fall makes its bed.     Autumn's Prophesy   Autumn paints the leaves on nodding trees to warn us that nothing escapes winter’s chill caress.     About Craig W. Steele, US Craig W. Steele is a writer and university biologist whose creative musings occur in the urban countryside of northwestern Pennsylvania where he writes for both children and adults. His adult poetry has appeared recently or is forthcoming in Willows Wept Review, The Edge Magazine, WestWard Quarterly, Caduceus, Astropoetica, the Aurorean and elsewhere. This is Craig W. Steele's first appearance in Sketchbook