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Tag Archives: River

Too Far the Remembered River

28 Monday Apr 2014

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Age, Companions, Heart, Mothballs, River, St. Lawrence, youth

How often did I hear words of dismissal
when I spoke of having a summer place
on the river
The place where remembrance lives.
Of course one doesn’t listen
when the urgency of encroaching age
interferes with rational decisions.
Of course it is too far from the present life in mid-country
to return to the northern dream where youth was spent
with lavish squander
on islands of mysterious importance.
But the place of dreams is never far from memory
arguing with the concept of too far away.
So which is it? Too far in space or too near at heart?
Of course we know we can’t return
or bring back the companions of old.
Yet there is a double reality here –
as in a dual dimension.
Youth living side by side with the reality of age.
So I suppose the time has come finally
to fold the linens and the memories
and tuck them away where
they will lie quietly
wrapped in the mothballs of put-aside.

ARW
2003

Water Levels

28 Monday Apr 2014

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Docks, Poetry, River, Shoals, St. Lawrence, Twigs

As if to atone for the last season’s river level
When docks, made to float, were sunken in silt
And cottages were closed in midsummer
Or left unopened
Lonely in the silence
This year the St. Lawrence flooded our small bridge in June
Making a miniature rapids for little ones to float twig boats
Now it is August and there are few signs of a diminished level
Rocky shoals still lurk just below the surface
Tricking the inexperienced boaters
Much like life
With wisdom grained and then forgotten.

ARW

Victrola Sounds

28 Monday Apr 2014

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Recordings, River, Rosa Ponselle, Victrola

Now it is late afternoon
in this dwindling day of summer
the light is intense
all blue and green
with shining river

Like a visit from the past
come the sounds of an ancient
recording
with all the scratches and imperfections
of early artistry

But the fluid and seamless voice
of Rosa Ponselle
melts the heart
as well as the years that have mourned
her irreplaceable presence.

ARW

End of Season

28 Monday Apr 2014

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Leaving, River, Summer, Wind

Time on the island
is down to a few days
no point in stating the obvious
about summer fleeting

There was a chill on the river
with northeast wind
lowering the water level
and grounding our larger boat

So it is with heavy heart
that we prepare to leave.
Such a long time to wait
until the river is high again.

ARW

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