Leisurely Truant

Mary Baca Haque

The silver skies are loud today
yet I adore the ruckus
whispering to my frigid world.
I enshroud myself deeper, buried
in soft blankets and layers
of my grainy mist, yet
the elegance of the junco bird
awakens my truancy,
trilling on the wintry gales—
a calming lure, a song
of solace through thick
frosted window panes
whilst trees sound a bend
on the whistling winds,
easing the veiled portions
of a most leisure hibernation.

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Mary Baca Haque
Mary is a Chicago poet who loves beautiful words in verse. You can find her featured poetry in the Wild Roof Journal, Cosmic Daffodils Journal, Amethyst Review, Seraphic Review, Closed Eye Open Journal, The Bluebird Word and lastly, The WayWords & Macrame Literary Journals. Her publication Painting the Sky with Love, acquired for a picture book, was released 11/2024 (MacMillan). She loves to experiment in verse poetry, spend time with family and resides with her partner in Chicago along with her mini goldendoodle Georgina.