Poetry by Mary Baca Haque
today was flawed but not forever–
for when the morrow rises, the will
of first light reflects off leafy trees
halfway healing the disarray, ceasing
yesterday’s melancholy, sailing
on silver seeds of the aged lion’s tooth
dissipating in the new air
to the tune of the devoted cardinal
at first light playing advantageously
in backgrounds
carrying on winds
in notes we cannot see, but feel
the chorus in the promise of a new day
with new breath
under yellow shades with azureous skies.
Mary Baca Haque prefers to capture the essence of the natural world, hence her forthcoming publication, Painting the Sky with Love (2024-Macmillan). Her poetry can be found in Wild Roof Journal, Cosmic Daffodils, Amethyst Review, Closed Eye Open, and Seraphic Review (2023 and forthcoming in 2024). She resides in Chicago, Illinois.
