Tuesday, August 26, 2008

 

Poetry Fusillade, pt 18: Canoeist


We took the canoes
To the place that had burned
That inferno went on
Deluged from planes.

Paper-thin blackness
Crumbles beneath me
The remnants of birch.

New York, City
Of Jack Pines.

Comments:
An explanation: The cones of the jack pine open only in fire.
 
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