The Silence of Hummingbirds
by KEVIN LeMASTER
The only sound
is an audible
whisper
her heart held
closely
within tiny ribs
the beaten wing
produces waves
of fresh
sound
pulsing low enough
to be
ignored
left with the taste
of silence
on her tongue
Strum Silent and Low
by KEVIN LeMASTER
He strums without hands,
without fingertiped voices
to tell him note after note.
He wears socks with no shoes,
plucks chords with words
strung low like melting sin.
My hands could never touch
the beauty of design,
the sound of deep desire,
when it moves to another
and takes up residence
in the hollow of acoustics.
Whispering Silence
by KEVIN LeMASTER
Touch the deaf part
of my mouth,
the part that
no longer listens,
but only hears
the breath of birds.
We say, “please”,
with no words,
our mouths wide
like the hungry embrace
when we first touched;
the gentle sweet smell
of winter’s thaw.
Kevin LeMaster is a poet who has been writing seriously for seven years. He is mostly inspired by many modern poets including Rita Dove, Billy Collins, and Mark Doty, and is also inspired by the likes of Anne Sexton, Silvia Plath, and Charles Bukowski. He enjoys coin collecting, raising his four children, hiking, fitness and making a home in Kentucky with his beautiful wife Nelda. He can be reached at poetryguy@windstream.net.
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