ARRAYED by Ray Whitaker
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| Image | Stephane Hurbe |
ARRAYED
As still as death
no movement in this dark place
no chest rise and fall
no stars, the dark sky belying a spark
well hidden, as if
under a thick layer of leaves
the forest at dusk.
Sometimes the light finds us
penetrating, a rare occurrence
through the underlayment of dark’s cold blanket
and the wolves…
the wolves, even as cognizant entities, spiritual
arrayed in a fan on the utmost slope
looking down at us
show some respect,
giving us our new respect.
not the deference of black fear,
for our ability to protect ourselves.
© Ray Whitaker
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| Ray Whitaker |
Ray has four books published and two chapbooks. His work has been published in eleven different countries. Ray was a Delegate to the 2024 Writers’ International Panorama Festival. He participates regularly in several Zoom poetic events worldwide. Among them, he has been spotlighted on a US National Poetry broadcast from Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio in 2024, and also an International Poetry Recital hosted by The Fertile Minds out of India. In July 2025, he was the featured poet in David Leo Sirois’
Spoken World Online, which is associated with Spoken Word Paris.
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