#Nightfall - v6

Nightfall – v6

The sun drops below the shoreline

below the forest beyond;

Summer sky aglow.

Still skin of the water

Ablaze in orange, yellow, and black.

Nightfall on the quiet, still, lake.

With effort 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 by my side.

Great blue heron

Regal, majestic,

Perched on a skeleton

Of the ancient pine,

Silhouetted before

An Oriole sky.

Crossing the silken waters

Not roadway, no map,

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, again,

Repeating this dance.

A light from my window,

Dimly through the screens,

The open porch, calling,

My cabin in the lake,

Guides me home.

Night all around me

The world is still.

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edited March 21, 2021

Nightfall - v6

edited September 28, 2017

Nightfall – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/nightfall-v5.html

Edited July 18, 2013

“Nightfall – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v4.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v3.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v2.html

July 20, 2000

“Nightfall”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/nightfall.html

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

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/alone-in-rain-revised-v2.html

posted February 13, 2004

written August 13, 2000 1:53am

Alone in the Rain – revised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/alone-in-rain.html

Written 6/18/2000

Alone in the Rain

same day as “Dew in the Morning”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/dew-in-morning-first-try.html

and

“Ten Feet Overhead”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/one-morning-on-swains-lake.html

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