The sky aglow.
Nightfall on the water.
I pull and push
The canoe away from shore.
Longing for the warmth.
The great blue heron
Perched on the skeleton
Of the ancient pine,
Silhouetted on the
Oriole sky.
The skin of the lake
Ablaze in orange, yellow, and black.
Waves swelled and fell.
The canoe pitched and bobbed.
The paddle blade leaves
Bright eddies on my side.
Colored lights on a deck
Elvis on the stereo
Easy laughter from a porch.
Failing light, all in shadows.
Dark houses, silent waters
A beaver before me.
He slaps his tail and dives
Shallow near shore.
We cross again,
Repeating the dance.
A light from my window
Guides me home.
Dark around me
All is still.
=================
edited September
28, 2017
Nightfall – v5
Edited July 18,
2013
“Nightfall – v4”
Edited July 15,
2013
“Nightfall – v3”
Edited July 15,
2013
“Nightfall – v2”
July 20, 2000
“Nightfall”
Written Thursday
7/20/00 at 9:50. It is about my two hour canoe ride
on Swains Lake
from 7:15 to 9:20pm.
Barrington, NH
edited December
28, 2015
Alone in the
Rain – revised – v2
posted February
13, 2004
written August
13, 2000 1:53am
Alone in the
Rain – revised
Written
6/18/2000
Alone in the
Rain
same day as “Dew
in the Morning”
and
“Ten Feet
Overhead”
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