Summer's night

Timothy Richard 1968 (Ky)



Flickering pinpricks 
In the distance 
"Hang"
In the night air 
fireflies 
on a hot
summer's night 
Full moon 
gently-n-slowly begins 
It's evening arch 
above the rivers 
emerald Green waters 
below 
reddish-n-orange 
purplish hue 
Sun 
slowly-n-gently 
drowneding 
in the river's 
emerald green waters 
gray mist 
floating odd bits
silvery glitter 
mystical-n-mysterious
shadows-n-shapes 
spreading
across the sky 
ghostly boney fingers 
trying to save 
the drowning 
mystical 
fiery 
orangish red
Ball 

                                    Timothy Richard 

                                

About this poem

Poem is about my childhood growing up on the Green river in western Kentucky

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Written on January 25, 2023

Submitted by michaallen68 on January 27, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Characters 679
Words 84
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 34, 1

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