for Jeanne
Lobster buoys
heaped on a dock
in melting snow,
bright bands of
red, green, yellow,
tangled lines,
high tide,
an American flag
hanging motionless,
March sunshine.
"A good painting,"
Jeanne said, "but
you could get lost
in the detail … "
the beautiful ends of rope,
the chipped paint.
Peaks Island
(from: Sans Fin)
John Moncure Wetterau
Victor Romanyshyn