{"id":1789,"date":"2025-05-08T12:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2025-05-08T12:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:06:11","slug":"first-snow-some-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sagebrushreview.org\/wordpress\/2025\/05\/first-snow-some-images\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST SNOW: SOME IMAGES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late yesterday afternoon, three vultures escorted<\/span><\/p>\n

The night into the shimmering cottonwoods<\/span><\/p>\n

While they waited for the next morning\u2019s light\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To feed on a road-killed deer:<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The single prayer that forms the Creation<\/span><\/p>\n

Provides not for humans alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

On the way to the mailbox at dusk, the old man sees<\/span><\/p>\n

Snow flakes<\/span><\/p>\n

Caught in the spines of a prickly pear.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The sun drops behind the mesa;<\/span><\/p>\n

The creek follows, singing<\/span><\/p>\n

Its unceasing song in the sudden murk.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The cottonwoods, for a while, stop trembling.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Shadows, like a dagger, pierce the canyon.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Soon the darkness speaks to him.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Silence is the language<\/span><\/p>\n

Broken by the drying grasses at roadside;<\/span><\/p>\n

The hush sound like wings<\/span><\/p>\n

As the canyon welcomes<\/span><\/p>\n

The first snow of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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