{"id":1728,"date":"2023-11-24T18:29:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T23:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pensivejournal.com\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2023-11-24T18:29:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T23:29:28","slug":"late-summer-block-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pensivejournal.com\/poetry\/late-summer-block-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Summer, Block Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

The air gray, still, and parched.<\/span><\/p>\n

The rain, when it comes, is a sprinkle<\/span><\/p>\n

dripping silently on the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mourning dove\u2019s call is backdrop<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

to the sea\u2019s suck and ripple<\/span><\/p>\n

that speaks of longing<\/span><\/p>\n

and sadness, buried hopes<\/span><\/p>\n

like lost wrecks off rocky shores.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

From the marshes comes the trilling<\/span><\/p>\n

of red-winged blackbirds, in the thicket<\/span><\/p>\n

the cardinal\u2019s chirp, the meadow lark\u2019s whistle,<\/span><\/p>\n

chatter of a hawk chased by crows.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In the afternoon, sunlight behind<\/span><\/p>\n

banked clouds glints off a sea<\/span><\/p>\n

as pale as isinglass, reflecting back<\/span><\/p>\n

my memories as I write,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

until the day when words will be<\/span><\/p>\n

all that are left of me,<\/span><\/p>\n

words and images<\/span><\/p>\n

and other people\u2019s memories.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bury my body deep in the earth,<\/span><\/p>\n

but may my soul roam free<\/span><\/p>\n

in the shadows under the trees,<\/span><\/p>\n

in the dancing hearts of flowers,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

the setting sun and the rising moon,<\/span><\/p>\n

the barred clouds and winds that move them,<\/span><\/p>\n

the waters where I love to swim,<\/span><\/p>\n

beloved haunts of my essential solitude.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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