Drawing by Susan C. Price
Willamette Valley
By Eric Meub
Willamette Valley
By Eric Meub
[Originally published on April 14, 2018]
1
A white circus tent
looms beyond the ridge of spruce:
first snow on Mt Hood.
A white circus tent
looms beyond the ridge of spruce:
first snow on Mt Hood.
2
When will they hatch?
The neighbor’s magnolia fills
with violet buds.
3
Two damselflies,
sated with water lilies,
hyphenate the pads.
4
The empty boat dock
floats above its mirrored twin;
the last geese have gone.
When will they hatch?
The neighbor’s magnolia fills
with violet buds.
3
Two damselflies,
sated with water lilies,
hyphenate the pads.
4
The empty boat dock
floats above its mirrored twin;
the last geese have gone.
| Copyright ©2018, 2020 by Susan C. Price & Eric Meub Eric Meub, architect, lives and practices in Pasadena, the adopted brother of the artist, Susan C. Price. They respect, in their different ways, the line. |
What a great image--part 3!
ReplyDeleteDoes she fear the snow on the peaks? That it will kill the damselflies, the lily pads, the summer itself? Or is it just that she's seen it all before, so often that she has no more hope for an endless spring, only that death will always dog the tracks of life, until the dogs catch us up?
ReplyDeleteRoger, I enjoyed your poem-as-comment (or comment-as-poem) as much as Eric’s poem. You read sharply and your muse was deeply inspired. ¡Gracias!
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