Every poem that I post will first be presented on my home page. Afterward, I will move the poems here to serve as a record of my recent work. You’ll notice that a good number of these poems have come as a result of my travels, and sometimes they will relate to a one of my non-fiction pieces as well as some of my photography. Where I think it will help, I will also publish companion pieces with some poems, and this will help to inform the reading of that particular poem. I’m not sure if it is better to read the companion piece before or after you read the poem. After, I think, but you can be the judge of that.
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The Liquid Canvas
Coloured by light
and impressed by
the brushstroke wind,
West Bay reflects the transformative
palette of dawn.
At the mouth of the bay,
where the sun
ignites a swath of firs and hemlock,
the water is smoothed
in golden yellows.
But on the near dark, green surface,
small waves paint fragile lines of white
that sparkle out of existence
and by the shadowed far shore
become a swarm of fire flies
against a night sky.
Below this ledge of stone,
a patch of gentle blue
is framed by dry bristle strokes
of white.
All lay mingled
on the breathless canvas,
boundaries blurred
by overlapping waves –
one waterscape
of mountainside and sky.
Kenneth D. Reimer
(“The Liquid Canvas” was first published in Four Tulips, Issue Three. It can also be found online at: Four Tulips.)
The Sun Pours Light
The sun pours light
on my empty page –
an invitation to creation.
Something stirs within,
drawn out by the light,
and words like fern leaves unfold,
revealing the lines
of a story
I never knew was there.
Kenneth D. Reimer