Six lines for an early September front porch, for maple, bird and twilight

Six lines on an early September front porch, for maple, bird and twilight

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The maples are still green. I can hear the Canada geese
Sloughing below vision. Noisy in the west, where clouds break

Against the invisible shoreline of the livable world.
Their calls drift east, first in a foam of chaos then spreading

Like a wave disperses, one voice eddying out, diminishing
Then rising again, with a single repeated wish, good luck, good luck.

4 thoughts on “Six lines for an early September front porch, for maple, bird and twilight

  1. Chris Furst

    “Against the invisible shoreline of the livable world.” Great play off “invisible” and “livable.” And Canada geese really sound like they say “good luck”!

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