Category Archives: river poems

The St. Lawrence River is huge and complicated

rainy river road

sagging bruised clouds crowded the flat dimpled water glazed the curving roadway to mirror brake lights, headlights bathed the trees and bushes docks and houses in deja memory, its own paynes gray autumn ochres gave way to low intensity prussian … Continue reading

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thud—thoughts on a found poem

Cornwall Ontario Canada A city with a world of possibilities Un monde de possibilités <The city’s newly minted motto The full open bellows of the earth have sung, and now all poets may repose in sleep; for experts have the … Continue reading

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How Celeste fell to her sleep

Celeste smiled coyly, giving Pearl her rings; her earrings found their way to Stella’s ears, bracelets to Andrea, clinking away her fears; and then she left: she’d given them all her things. Wild doe she wandered, following river’s side ignoring … Continue reading

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