Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire

This week’s poems are by Carolyn Gelland of Wilton and her late husband, Kenneth Frost. Carolyn’s most recent collection of poems is “Dream-Shuttle,” published in 2013. Kenneth’s poem is from his collection “Coring the Moon,” published in 2014.

 

Smalls Falls

By Carolyn Gelland

 

I bow to you, Waterfall,

and converse with your

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Egyptian scrolls,

a flotilla of parables,

bell-buoys

talking on the water.

 

Ferry in the Sunset

By Kenneth Frost

 

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The oval ferry

stretches its mouth

and spins

around and around

the sunset,

chasing its dog’s

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fleas of music,

slapping the water

in applause.

The cars blister

their windshields

in the red sun

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and the bay foams,

flashing

porpoises

in the ferry’s wake.

 

Dennis Camire can be reached at denniscamire@hotmail.com

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