Monthly Archives: July 2012

July 28*

night sculpins fan the dark water off the ferry dock lit by the fluorescent light of their heaven — angels                          tending their business *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. —– The Great … Continue reading

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July 24*

the vast of deep summer           the lazy waft of heron           rolling swells of dry flaxen field grass           the sweet chill air of dawn/dusk           leaves luxuriating under strong full sun                     and the horizon stretches                     beyond the edge of the earth                     and … Continue reading

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July 16*

something changes, shifts it starts in the ferry line —suspended— the world behind, the island ahead an exploration of the art of waiting load into the womb-shaped ferry fellow travelers, familiar guides it is all liquid, whether light or dark … Continue reading

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