rocks nose the air
speak back to the sun
betray an open understanding of light

broad leaves shelter stone
stone softened by moss
pines watch over   alert   aloof

boulders bloom beards of algae
what suffers doesn’t live here
whatever is brought is borne

grey and green reveal
an endlessness
beside processions of gravel

Mary Buchinger is the author of three collections of poetry: einfürhlung (forthcoming), Aerialist (2015) and Roomful of Sparrows (2008). She holds a doctorate in applied linguistics and is President of the New England Poetry Club and Professor of English and Communication Studies at MCPHS University in Boston. Her work has appeared in AGNI, Gargoyle, Nimrod, PANK, Salamander, The Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere.