Sunday, March 15, 2026

Fog Lands by Arvilla Fee

Alban Mehmeti



Fog Lands

before the morning sun crests the hill,

the valley lies shrouded in frosty fog,

an ancient land filled with the wonder

of changing leaves, deer nuzzling the

last summer clover. And it’s here in this

ethereal place that I silently sit on a log

inhaling the damp, crisp air, listening

to melodic birdsong, feeling as if I am

grafted from my grandpa’s bones, his hips,

his arms, his legs, his never-bending spine—

tending the same fields, staring at the same

tender green shoots of crops in the spring,

gathering up stalks of corn come autumn.

I smoke my pipe and wonder how long 

It takes spiders to build their complex webs

and if they use the morning dew to make

their tea. Filled with neither sorrow nor regret,

I stretch my legs and stand just as the first

shards of amber light split the fog in two.

© Arvilla Fee


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Arvilla Fee

Arvilla Fee, from Dayton, Ohio, has been published in numerous presses, and her poetry books, The Human Side, This is Life, and Mosaic: A Million Little Pieces are available on Amazon. Arvilla’s life advice: Never travel without snacks. To learn more, visit her website and her new magazine: https://soulpoetry7.com/

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