Saturday, January 29, 2022

Struggle is the Only Sound

above the dam open water shows

below a million-bubble rim where

ice holds

               what flows

tumbles to tumult below, ice

sculpts smooth stone, frosts

evergreens

                   hot coffee

drills a brown hole in white water

a lamp’s glow carves a bowl

as sun does noon to two

                                        in Iceland’s

dim December snow falls

unseen, gray ghost patterns

sea-bashed rocks

                              where

are the gulls that blacken

June’s solstice? in January’s

dark days

                 where do eiders go?


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