onto the water - v3

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

Out onto the water,
my canoe and my paddle,
moving as silently as possible;
A whisper on the surface
barely touching the water.

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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

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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

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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

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February 6, 2022

Diatomaceous earth

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diatomaceous-earth.html

Written after reading "Rain in Ohio",

By Mary Oliver

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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.

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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

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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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