poetry

a touch of warmth on a day after the first dusting of snow

a good, crisp apple on a cold Sunday: the first
sun of December shining through
the starboard window


[from a forthcoming installment of “The Watchman’s Journal” at From Mile Post 604, the Port of Louisville on Substack.]

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

Day 34, 2024

1.

1 am on the wharf watching
the flight patterns of UPS
planes tugs pushing south
towards the lock my coffee
my pipe: a watchman’s eucharist
a way of counting time
avoiding the clock

2. (post- sleep)

on the other side of the day
don’t overthink the afternoon sun
these graces come slowly
if at all

the habit of traffic watching
me and the dogs waiting
some shift in the wind
some makeshift divination

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