Saturday, February 27, 2016

Fire On The River

 SUNDAY AFTERNOON 
 Fire On The River 
  Personal Stories  
(Boarding school: Phillips Exeter Academy, Winter 1961, age 16)
Text, editing, design & research by Rick Doble. All images are from commons.wikimedia.org.

 Always angry 
 my close friend 
 lights a fire 
 with green pine boughs 
 in snow 
 on the frozen river 


 In twilight 
 the red blaze crackles 
 melts virgin powder 
 below the dark blue sky -- 
 for 
 moment 
 we are free from school 


1 comment:

  1. Dagnab! The things you forget. Or think you've forgotten. Thanks for the reminder.

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