Chasing the Aurora Borealis

dark tongue of cloud

almost licks moon from dark sky

beyond dark island to south

silver slices slate-black sea

sliver of light skips island

silver way wider and closer

bathes beach in silvery light

aurora hides in dark
northern sky

© January 2014/May 2017: Margret Powell-Joss

light fades

silver-fingered sea

reaches into darkening land

© 2 January 2014: Margret Powell-Joss