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October 3, 2008 at 5:24 am #588246
DanTompsettMember~Underwater Autumn~
Now the summer perch flips twice and glides
a lateral fathom at the first cold rain,
the surface near to silver from a frosty hill.
Along the weed and grain of log he slides his tail.
Nervously the trout (his stream-toned heart
locked in the lake, his poise and nerve disgraced)
above the stirring catfish, curves in bluegill dreams
and curves beyond the sudden thrust of bass.
Surface calm and calm act mask the detonating fear,
the moving crayfish claw, the stare
of sunfish hovering above the cloud-stained sand,
a sucker nudging cans, the grinning maskinonge.
How do carp resolve the eel and terror here?
They face so many times this brown-ribbed fall of leaves
predicting weather foreign as a shark or prawn
and floating still above them in the paling sun.
Richard Hugo
October 3, 2008 at 3:46 pm #642022
KatherineLParticipantNice. Maybe we could have a poetry section in the Forums.
October 3, 2008 at 5:31 pm #642023
DanTompsettMemberI’m glad you enjoyed the poem, Katherine. Richard Hugo grew up in White CEnter, BTW. A poetry forum would be cool.
October 3, 2008 at 5:52 pm #642024
KatherineLParticipantWhite Center? Really! Richard Hugo was a favorite of one of my professors in college, but I didn’t realize I’d moved next to his home town. Thanks for the information.
October 3, 2008 at 8:13 pm #642025
charlabobParticipantRichard Hugo House is a great resouce for writers of all kinds:
October 3, 2008 at 8:41 pm #642026
JoBParticipantOctober 3, 2008 at 10:56 pm #642027
BayouMemberI love the Hugo House, especially when they host cheap wine and poetry nights.
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