april morning

random bells sing to a sea of birds

floating in a blue-green stream

as the glorious shadows of the woodland

drown in a plague of sunshine

but where is the man 

who loved the holy poet?

condemned to the warmth of the dead

the passion in my heart

a pain of beauty

awaits its unfolding in a deep silent loam 

wet with the tears of morning

RC deWinter’s poetry is widely anthologized, notably in New York City Haiku (NY Times, February 2017), Coffin Bell Two (March 2020), Winter Anthology: Healing Felines and Femmes, (Other Worldly Women Press, December 2020), Now We Heal: An Anthology of Hope, (Wellworth Publishing, December 2020) in print: 2River, Event, Meat For Tea: The Valley Review, the minnesota review, Night Picnic Journal, Prairie Schooner, Southword, Yellow Arrow Journal among others and appears in numerous online literary journals.