Full Surprise
By Duane L. Herrmann
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Rounding the corner
through the trees
to the meadow, came
a wondrous surprise:
unexpected, full
glorious moon
above distant tops
of far trees.
Sudden beauty,
early twilight view
astonished me.
A week of clouds
hid the moon
growing full.
So; this surprise!
Standing in awe
in wind waving grass,
I gave thanks.
A reluctant carbon-based life-form, Herrmann was surprised to find himself on a farm in Kansas. He’s still trying to make sense of that, but has grown fond of grass waving under wind, trees and the enchantment of moonlight. His work has been published in print and online, even some of both in languages he can’t read. These include a sci fi novel, eight collections of poetry, a local history, some stories for children and a few other things. He is known to carry baby kittens in his mouth, pet snakes, and has conversations with owls, but is careful not to anger them! All this, despite a traumatic, abusive childhood embellished with dyslexia, ADHD (both unknown then), cyclothymia, an anxiety disorder, situational mutism and, now, PTSD.