Baying at Two Moons
The moon is full above Mount Inglismaldie
and mirrored on obsidian Two Jack Lake;
the nights are growing long, but no Vivaldi
concertos leap the seasons' firebreak—
there's silence. Now a lone coyote flows
along the bank then, head raised like a seal
balancing a moon-ball on her nose,
poises to unthroat a call. I feel
her loneliness—she’s come so close to me
it seems as though she may have lost a mate
and sensing me has sparked an urge to yowl
to any living thing for company,
but, even so, I don’t anticipate
the utter woebegoneness of her howl.
Links:
[1] https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/poetry/john-beaton/lost-overnight-woods?s=5cb00f2a238d4fb269548dd5d50a77be
[2] https://www.ablemuse.com/v8/poetry/john-beaton/hay?s=5cb00f2a238d4fb269548dd5d50a77be