Hidden Moon

What can we know of November's moon
            hiding among bare trees?

Rabbit tracks in snow are a dark bruise
            on earth's sensitive skin.

An impervious hawk looks down
            with the eyes of a killer.

Midnight: every farmhouse stands silent
            among these fields of death.

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James Deahl was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in the Appalachian Mountains' Laurel Highlands area. He is the author of 23 books and has received the Charles Olson Award for Achievements in Poetry. He lives in Sarnia, Canada, with his wife, the poet and novelist Norma West Linder.