An Evening Song at Lake Huron

pylons linger proudly
past ankle’s depth
as Huron waters shyly
return

sun’s piercing farewell
is a
flashlight beam
radiating from afar

thinly edged
at horizon’s dip

…it’s done

this day is now
remembrance

as
evening shadows sag

and the quiet
is truly
stillness

© 1988 Richard L. Provencher
Website: www.wsprog.com/rp/

First published May 1988 Vol 3, No 2
EDGES, the new literary magazine
Ledges Publishing Society
Edmonton, Alberta, ISSN 0833 0077