Brown Trains by John L. Stanizzi

Passengers board brown trains
in brown cities
brown days
and the moon is livid
broad glow on snappish leaves
The earthworms sketch brown
in tall grass
and the passing of the day
At night a fire roars
and in its light
an old woman gathers twigs
dried and brown
Smoke rises in cages of light
Your eyes
brown in the heat
brown in the rain of long moments
are full of the light
that guides the passengers to brown trains
in brown cities
brown days
John L. Stanizzi - eleven collections, including recently, Pond, and The Tree That Lights the Way Home, Chants. John has been in Prairie Schooner, American Life In Poetry, others. Translations appear in Italy. Nonfiction - Stone Coast Review, Ovunque Siamo, others. Artist Fellowship in 2021 in CT.