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Thursday, February 08, 2024

onto the water - v4

Dusk bled to darkness,
stillness, surrounding night -
mid-week mid-summer,
the moon overhead
leading me home.

Pulling out onto the water,
my canoe and my paddle,
moving as silently as possible;
A whisper on the surface,
A breath on the water.
 
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Edited February 8, 2024
onto the water – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/onto-water-v4.html
Edited February 8, 2023
onto the water – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/onto-water-v2.html
edited February 9, 2022
onto the water – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/onto-water-v2.html
February 8, 2022
onto the water
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/onto-water.html
written after reading "Blossom"
by Mary Oliver
&
edited February 9, 2022
at the edge of the lake – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v4.html
edited February 9, 2022
at the edge of the lake – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v3.html
edited February 9, 2022
at the edge of the lake – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v2.html
written after reading "Morning on Great Pond"
by Mary Oliver
&
edited February 8, 2022
in the woods I wandered – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered-v3.html
edited February 8, 2022
in the woods I wandered – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered-v2.html
February 8, 2022
in the woods I wandered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered.html
written after reading “Spring”
by Mary Oliver
&
edited February 8, 2022
The bramble enticing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-bramble-enticing-v2.html
February 8, 2022
the bramble enticing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-bramble-enticing.html
Written after reading "Skunk Cabbage"
by Mary Oliver
&
February 6, 2022
Diatomaceous earth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diatomaceous-earth.html
Written after reading "Rain in Ohio",
By Mary Oliver
&
February 6, 2022
The raptors, their carrion
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-raptors-their-carrion.html
Written after reading "Vultures" by Mary Oliver.
&
January 3, 2022
A squadron of geese
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese.html
written after reading Clapp’s Brook by Mary Oliver
&
January 3, 2022
The bear cub
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-bear-cub.html
About drive out of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
after 2019 Stars Over Katahdin dark skies event. 
Drafted after reading first part of poem "Clapp's Brook" by Mary Oliver.
 
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poetry, nature, pool, memories,
 
#poetry #nature #pool #memories
 
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poetry, Florida, nature, raptors, birds, carrion,
 
#poetry #Florida #nature #raptors #birds #carrion
 
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poetry, blackberry, blackberries, nature, harvest, bramble,
 
#poetry #Blackberry #blackberries #nature #harvest #bramble
 
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poetry, walk, woods, explore, exploration,
 
#poetry #walk #woods #explore #exploration
 
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poetry, dawn, God, promise, lake, night,
 
#poetry #dawn #God #promise #lake #night
 
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