OUTDOOR RETREAT poem

Outdoor Retreat

Pausing as
a summer shrug, canoes
hush as
evening bats

in carefree slumber
aside
the lakeshore

where sunset rays
are a-blaze
in
colourful shades.

Honored guests
we are, this breathless
night

ears attuned to
the call of
loons, their
eerie serenades

that linger
from an ancient past.

© Richard L. Provencher 2003-2009