The sun drops below
the shore,
Summer sky aglow.
Still skin of the
lake
Ablaze in orange,
yellow, and black.
Nightfall on the
water.
I pull and push
The canoe away from
shore.
Longing for warmth.
Waves swelled and
fell.
The canoe pitched and
bobbed.
The paddle blade
leaves
Bright eddies beside
me.
Great blue heron
Perched on a skeleton
Of the ancient pine,
Silhouetted on an
Oriole sky.
Crossing the silken
waters
Colored lights on a
deck
Elvis on the stereo
Easy laughter from an
invisible porch.
Dark houses, silent
waters
Failing light, all in
shadows.
A beaver before me.
Out in the lit
waters.
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 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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