A Poem For Today - Grand Marais

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GRAND MARAIS

The wind came up so strongly at midnight 

the cabin creaked in its joints and between the logs, 

the tin roof hummed and shuddered 

and in the woods you could hear the dead trees 

called widow-makers falling with staccato crashes, 

and by 3 a.m. the thunderous roar of Lake Superior 

miles away.

My dog Rose comes from the sofa 

where she invariably sleeps. 

Her face is close to mine in the dark, 

a question on her breath.

Will the sun rise again? 

She gets on the bed trembling.

I wonder what the creature life is doing without shelter? 

Rose is terribly frightened of this lordly old bear I know 

who visits the yard for the sunflower seeds I put out

for the birds. 

I placed my hand on his head one night 

through the car window when I was drunk.

He doesn't give a shit about violent storms 

knowing the light comes from his mind, 

not the sun.

Jim Harrison

Sent from my iPhone

[Fernando Aranguiz]

I like this one!

Thanks

Fernando
https://www.feraranguiz.com
https://www.fernandoaranguiz.com
https://feraranguiz.blogspot.com

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