2024, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, river life

and some are tied off for that stretch of a moment

bitter cold, the north wind
kick up the river, rocks the wharf boat:
there is comfort in knowing
we’re all just floating

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2024, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, river life, waterfront

a round in a cruel gentle snow globe

a light snow kicks around the wharf
the currrent of traffic sounds cuts the cold air
my tobacco pipe, the only natural light
againt cityscape’s purple-highlit darkness

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2024, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, river life, winter, Working Class Literature

the grip at the edge of the world

cold wharf, whipping wind
this first exhale of winter
tied to choppy unforgiving waters

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