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August 11, 2015

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Vermont River Wishes

Moody Sky at river

Clouds framed a glaring window,
where the sun failed to shine.
Winds loosed a hailstorm of pine cones.
The icy river churned and burbled,
depositing silt onto smooth stones.
Upriver, the dam released water slowly.
The waterfall below demanded rain,
but it lay heavy in the black clouds.

Quechee Gorge and Dam
A few drops spattered in the gorge,
unnoticed by waders in the flats.
The river shrugged smooth shoulders,
showing its sharp granite bones.
Children chased fish downriver,
while parents soaked tired feet,
listening for thunder and
dreading the long climb out.
Canoers beached their boats,
donned yellow lifejackets,
and floated around the rapids,
bobbing in the slow side current.
Children pointed, laughed,
and longed to be in the thick of it.
I am the children. I am the river.
I am black clouds longing for release.

Ottauquechee River

Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham

Note: These photographs are of Quechee Gorge and Ottauquechee River, Vermont.

39 thoughts on “Vermont River Wishes”

  4. Welcome to Vermont Brenda!!!!!! Head north a few miles and you will discover the Green Mountain National Forest!!! So many amazing and inspirational places there! Just today I picked wild blueberries in a field deep in the forest!!!! Enjoy your stay my friend!!!❤️

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  10. I am in awe of this dynamic and dangerous side of you. I liked the image of the jagged stones and steep cliffs being “bones.” How you end this makes it so powerful and “real.” Like an autobiographical image of a daredevil.

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