Ayaz Daryl Nielsen- Three Poems

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang nor with a whimper

But with a sigh of relief

grandfather raven

oh, grandfather raven!

here you are, with us

for another season!

please, stretch your wings beyond

this harsh winter wind

and teach us

the hidden tales. . .

Otiose

Often I go to the mountain

and lean against

quiet rock

quiet rocks that

rose from the earth 

millions of years ago

Again, a black brim hat

for damp morning mist

a quiet rock

to lean against

beneath aspen leaves

among aster, columbine,

pasque and penstemon

Maybe there’s more I can do

beyond what I have willed

and may have accomplished

Resting beside quiet rock

that rose from the earth

millions of years ago

Plenty enough for this fine day.

ayaz daryl nielsen, x-roughneck (as on oil rigs)/hospice nurse, editor of bear creek haiku (25+ years/125+ issues), homes for poems include Lilliput Review, SCIFAIKUEST, UFO Gigolo, Shamrock, Kind of a Hurricane, and! online at bear creek haiku poetry, poems and info.