Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Nightfall – v3


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.


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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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