Wet Ivy

Deep into summer
July green sky,
dark clouds late afternoon
wet ivy under the canopy
up the two-story elm
clinging, climbing
wet, deep forest green
jarring my eyes
tropical
banana leaves
in the lush rainforest
exotic, wet ivy

July 9, 2009 and July 10, 2009
July 8, 2009 on Pembroke Street,
near the intersection of Pembroke and Broadway,
Pembroke, NH

Shoals

A trip to the Isles of Shoals
September, after the hurricanes
warm tropical water
sea foam bright, southern
a different smell that day
of other islands
Rocks pumiced by the Atlantic
poison ivy free to grow
deepening burgundy now
before winter
lunch on the rocks, watch the waves
crash at the rising of the tide
salt air
seals on the next island
ready for our cameras on the return trip
a sunset on the ocean
long shadows
a diving gull
undulating reflections

July 15, 2006 15:13

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