What is it
about the surface of a lake colored with fragile shadows of sky, trees in wind, an empty canoe knotted to a dock, long-necked geese, how happiness rises when I follow replicas bleach & bloom as sun sails in & out of clouds? And even better if the tree is a weeping willow with arching, drooping branches that sway narrow pale green leaves with dreamy silver undersides. Dreamy as fog on a lake in early morning—the soft fuzz, screen of dampness, veil of mystery.
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Beautiful. I feel the same way about lakes and ponds. There’s an exquisite one, rather like the one you describe including the willows, at Lexington Cemetery. You should check it out next time you’re in town.
Ooh, I love cemeteries.
This is lovely! It works well as a prose poem, too! I love how you go deeper into the poem by introducing the willow.
Thank you, Linda.
Beautiful piece. I love the exploration of it but also an assuredness: love “how happiness rises when I follow replicas bleach & bloom”
Thank you, Shaun.
love the way you conjured that weeping willow
This is so lush and dreamy.
Thank you, Tom.
“Happiness rises” when I read these words. A beautiful painting of images.
Thanks, Sylvia.
Wow, you bring the reader
along, paint the scene &
leave us with a veil of mystery
Thank you, Jim.