Friday, July 31, 1981

ACROSS THE BLUE OF GLACIERS

ACROSS THE BLUE OF GLACIERS

A thin line of flowers stretches
across the blue of glaciers
Mountains meet head on
like rippling bones bleached gray

Glistening whales resurface among the ice flows
Their spume spraying great hunks of sky
Across the water  blue streaks on sparkling snow
The alcoholic snores of glaciers calving,
wraps around the heart like a blanket
as we snuggle in, summer nightfall on the tundra.

I am not a fisherman's wife
throwing back the day's catch
The snow is the color of roses,
red roses, and I dream of primordial suns.

7/1981
Port Townsend, Washington
added 10/16

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