The sun drops below the shore;
Summer sky
aglow.
Still skin
of the water
Ablaze in
orange, yellow, and black.
Nightfall
on the lake.
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
Luminous eddies
beside me.
Great blue
heron
Perched on
a skeleton
Of the
ancient pine,
Silhouetted
before 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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