lake poem 2018 #1

lake poem 2018 #1

we’re back to this spot where we’ve come
for so many years usual plumbing probs
natch plus mice chippy squirrel detritus
still the lake is clear cool I’ve heard a
bullfrog, owls – and the loons! last night
it sounded like a whole well-oiled party
none could stop laffin laffin laffin no
other sound is anything at all like it

©2018 Jacqueline Jackson

This article appears in Jul 26 – Aug 1, 2018.