2024, Days, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

Day 48, 2024

full moon setting over the wharf
marked by the memory of rain

daylight sends word of impending arrival
a humming procession of commuter traffic

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2023, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

from “These Electronica Mornings”

The soundtrack is colorful, monotonous
a clear sunrise sky over today’s dismal downtown scene.

Do not trust the clocktower, nor its keepers.

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2023, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, river life, the no-scape, waterfront, winter, work

Day 43, 2023

Cold sun, you are welcome
this Sunday morning on the wharf
the water winter calm yet choppy
colors alternating between
faded jade and pure azul
growing like a wheat field
out of the rich black night currents
air bright with a kiss of light
like in her eyes at this morning’s parting

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