vermontpoem 2018 #2
due to the hill behind, the sun doesn’t
strike our neighbors’ dock till noon
they sit in their deck chairs and
every hour as the sun advances
they move back a plank when they get
to the last plank before the shore
they know it’s time to make supper
©2018 Jacqueline Jackson
This article appears in Aug 9-15, 2018.
