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Lee Varon
ECLIPSE
During an eclipse
birds vanish,
can’t bear the mystery of
cold shadows that devour the sun.
Hard to imagine a world
without birds.
The hush… God
suddenly silent.
About the writer:
Lee Varon is a social worker and writer. Her poetry and prose have been published in various journals including Constellations, Pleiades, Atlanta Review, Briar Cliff Review, Fox Cry Review, Lumina, Permafrost, Sensitive Skin Magazine, So to Speak, and Ibbetson Street. She has a Master’s in social work from Boston University.
Image: Total Eclipse by Apollinary Vasnetsov (1856-1933). Oil on canvas. 64.9 x 56.1 inches. 1914. Public domain.
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