Moonglow

by Lynne Zotalis

e’en’s birth

banishes coral sun

orb’s hypnotic brilliance

beckons, “come away, let go….”

mesmerize

entrance this soul

with violet hued

mountain shadows

rising

at my fingertips

brush strokes

painting 

the Gila

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As a freelance contributor and member in the Iowa Poetry Association, Lynne Zotalis’s poetry has been published in Lyrical Iowa for ten years running. She is a member of the Peace and Social Justice Writers Group at the Loft in Minneapolis, MN, with contributions to their chapbook and Turning Points: Discovering Meaning and Passion in Turbulent Times. Her poetry has appeared in Tuck Magazine and Poetic Bond VII, and Lynne was one of six winners of the RH Cunningham short story contest published in the book Life Dances. All available on Amazon.