I think of the cove
as the horizon of my
wandering. The float
where cormorants dry-
out between dives. The rest of
their lives so other.
No float today. A
buoy and a passing duck and
me shapeless, restless.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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Those lines bring the scene to vividly to life, Tom, and leave something in the mind that is unsettling. Fine lines, doing what poetry does at its best. Bravo I say.
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