The Cedarville Review 2018

POETRY AND VISUAL ART 13 Poetry by Adrienne Krater TEMPERING CEDARS Sugar pines breathe woolen hints Above pastel plastered leaves, While painted deer nuzzle mint, And nearby drowsy black bears heave. Above pastel plastered leaves, Clouds whisper of those on whom the sun glints, And nearby drowsy black bears heave, With eyes folded in sleep, tinted With warm visions. The nuthatch cleaves. Sugar pines breath woolen hints, And whippoorwills shudder on winter’s eve, While painted deer nuzzle mint.