Pages

Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Moonlight

Board meeting over
Stars and clouds call.
Alone on the lake,
Time to unwind.
11 o’clock under
A moonlit sky.

Away from shore
Out onto the
Still water,
Hushed air.

Moon before me
Shore behind.
Paddling silently
To hold
The stillness.

The moon
A bright plate
On the water
Then a filament
Twitching on
The waves.

When I turn
And pull
On my paddle
It becomes an
Oscilloscope wave
Bouncing along
The surface.

Caught between
Deep night and day
Muted shadows and
A hint of blue under
The moon.

---------------
edited December 28, 2015
Moonlight – v2
posted February 10, 2004
written August 16, 2000
Moonlight
Written August 16, 2000 at 11:30pm, after paddling
on the lake after the School Board meeting ran late.



All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,710+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

No comments:

Post a Comment