| Sheep in the Moonlight
by Jennifer Floyd
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Silver moonlight streaming
over oaken shelter
throws crisp shadows
across ewes’ fleecy backs
shifting silver-grey
and ebony, dappled-dark.
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The liquid light
flows along the arcing curve
of the rams horns
sparkles through his raven mane
and trails off in the shifting shadows
of his flanks.
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Stars spark like fireflies
in the branches of the oak tree
peeping through still leaves
above drifting, four-legged storm clouds
where moonlight flickers
twinned stars
from the mysterious eyes of the sheep.
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Breath’s fog lifting
through the lambent night
the flock swirls slowly
a pearly wave surging
deeper under the drooping boughs
resisting the pull of the moon.
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