Category Archives: river poems

The St. Lawrence River is huge and complicated

settling in

The first step onto the dock is like a fresh haircut, a new dress Unpacking the groceries is like casting a line into clear waters Changing into the swimsuit is like answering the door on your birthday Sitting on the … Continue reading

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other

a north-easterly flow of warm humid air over the ice in the river valley will bring unseasonably dense foggy conditions for most of today no island trees dark splayed fingers extended through the soft still white dream of winter the … Continue reading

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close to

One sultry evening we were standing ankle deep at river’s edge, one thin layer of cotton wafting on your skin beside me: my hesitation formed thunderheads drenched my skin drove me to shelter. But one afternoon bundled in layers against … Continue reading

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