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jbowie
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since 2000-02-18

Posts 135
BANGOR (that OR) ME

0 posted 2000-03-12 11:00 PM

Gray rinsed light teases one's view through
the early morning fog, drifting in from
the coast on languid sea breezes, settling
in the valley, long ago carved from stone
by relentless mile high glaciers

Warm evaporating lake mists rise and
intertwine with the cooler coastal air,
swirling about and casting ashen shadows
across the deepening colors evolving on
the surface of the placid lake

The low tack and thrum of a bantam
outboard motor, echoes behind the aging
Boston whaler that plies through the still
water, leaving quick travelling ripples
to mark it's ghostlike crossing

A fishing pole, secured by age dulled brass
fasteners, bobs rythmically to the pull of
deep swirling currents, as it trails behind
the boat awaiting the chance to catch the eye
of the denizens swimming below

His warm, packed pipe releases small tendril
of curling smoke, puffed occasionally while
loosely held between befitting teeth, imbuing
the air faintly with the slightly sweet smells
of an open hearth hardwood fire

Agile fish roll, feeding upon water bound
blackflies, causing concentric ripples to break
the lake surface, always beyond the reach of
the bobbing fishing pole, but never beyond
the reach of hopeful anticipitation

A real man
kisses his children goodnight

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 2000-03-12 11:37 PM

This is great! Beautifully written! I especially loved the last two lines!

Denise

jbowie
Member

since 2000-02-18

Posts 135
BANGOR (that OR) ME

2 posted 2000-03-12 11:41 PM

thanks denise, applies to almost anything huh? You really do your job here, I mean do you read every post on the site? Would melt my little brain.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2000-03-12 11:57 PM

Hey .... MOM's morning too !
Makes me want to put out a sign ....
GONE FISHING !

'The low tack and thrum of a bantam
outboard motor'

That line alone ... calls my name.
Need a first-mate?
I like much.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

4 posted 2000-03-13 01:12 AM

I don't get to read and reply to all of them...not as many as I would like to. I think I am able to read as many as I do because I don't spend much time writing

so reading what others have been able to come up with is the next best thing! Sort of tides me over until I get a spark of inspiration myself, I guess! Yours are always a pleasure, among the finest on the site!

Denise

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