On A Winter Sunday

by Shawn Aveningo Sanders / March 25th, 2018

A titan triumphs over a hawk.
A tiger is smothered by cheese.
An Indian chief is electrocuted.

A native escapes the wrath of a pirate.
A bear rips through a steel cage.
A cat bats down a bird with its oversized paw.

A cowboy takes a nap until the next rodeo.
A plane flies over a violent sea.
Freedom towers over a giant.

Coaches celebrate.
Coaches console.
A family sits down to pray before dinner,

while citizens judge those
who bend a knee
against those who don’t.

Shawn Aveningo Sanders is a globally published, award-winning poet whose work has appeared in over 100 literary journals and anthologies. She’s a Pushcart nominee (2015), Best of the Net nominee (2017), co-founder of The Poetry Box®, managing editor for The Poeming Pigeon®, and was named Best Female Poet-Performer in Sacramento News & Review Reader Poll (2009). Shawn is a proud mother of three and shares the creative life with her husband in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. Read other articles by Shawn.

This article was posted on Sunday, March 25th, 2018 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.