D.B. Leight is a friend of mine who lives in New York, New York. He’s a writer of books, poetry, and short stories. I featured a poem he wrote about Kobe Bryant that I published along with my memorial to the great Kobe Bryant on January 28, 2020. (2 days after Kobe died).
D.B. and I have been having scattershot conversations via Facebook about his writing off and on. I like the themes that appear in his various writings… and the one I am featuring today really gave me the feeling of California’s hot summers and how all the “critters” come out looking for water and/or food. This poem makes me feel like summer is here and that California’s smoldering days are coming up fast.
Photo courtesy of https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/coyote.html
This poem was recently mentioned in the Los Angeles Times here — when it ran a piece about coyotes and Mill Valley. This poem is mentioned in paragraph 8 or 9 in the very last line of that paragraph. The howling that the LA Times is talking about in the article is about how Mill Valley Residents are howling nightly to recognize and “thank” the first responders in their town and county.
The Coyotes of Mill Valley
No need to lose all hope,
no need to fret and frown,
the Coyotes of Mill Valley,
are coming to your town.
Open up your ears,
free your worried mind,
once you hear them howling,
it will lift all humankind.
All you need is volume,
to breathe and belt those chords,
soon your voice will carry,
straight to the House of Lords.
No full moon is required,
no coat of fur to bear,
just tilt that lovely head of yours,
and shriek into the air.
D.B. Leighton
Thank you D. B. for such an evocative bit of prose. Summer is already alive and well in my heart, mind and soul!
PS: If you want to see a video of real coyotes howling together as a pack, here’s a video:
Stevie Wilson,
LA-Story.com
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