Fiery sun hides below
the shore,
Summer sky aglow.
Nightfall resting on
the water.
I pull and push
The canoe away from
the water’s edge.
Longing for warmth,
the last embers.
Great blue heron
Perched on a skeleton
Of an ancient pine,
Silhouetted on an
Oriole sky.
Still skin of my lake
Ablaze in orange,
yellow, and black.
Waves swell and
collapse.
The canoe pitched and
bobbed.
The paddle blade
leaves
Bright eddies sparkle
on my right.
Silently going across
the silken waters
Colored lights on a
deck
Elvis on the stereo
Easy laughter from an
invisible 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 this dance.
A light from my
window,
My cabin in the lake,
Guides me home.
Night all around me
The world is at peace.
=================
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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