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Red sky at night
Farmers and fishers with saltwater veins
tough as old boots and twice as loyal
gathered, apart but so close together
a screen as the kitchen-party table
listened and wept
as bards applied melodies like a salve
balladeers promised better days to come
the drone sounded its heavy lament
beneath the chant of amazing grace
above it all, radiant firmament of sailor’s delight
sang along in the full range of suitable hues:
shades of
salmon, thistle, mayflower, raspberry,
lobster, dory, apple and fox,
lighthouse, lupin, tractor, buoy,
and blood…
if colours could make sounds
there is no doubt
that the sky was keening
for this land of buoyant souls
tough as old boots and twice as loyal
gathered, apart but so close together
a screen as the kitchen-party table
listened and wept
as bards applied melodies like a salve
balladeers promised better days to come
the drone sounded its heavy lament
beneath the chant of amazing grace
above it all, radiant firmament of sailor’s delight
sang along in the full range of suitable hues:
shades of
salmon, thistle, mayflower, raspberry,
lobster, dory, apple and fox,
lighthouse, lupin, tractor, buoy,
and blood…
if colours could make sounds
there is no doubt
that the sky was keening
for this land of buoyant souls
Published 25th Apr 2020
| Edited 6th May 2020
Author's Note
https://heartcolchester.ca/
Photo credit: my friend Charlene, whose kitchen looks across the bay towards Portapique. She says "give credit to the painter". Amen.
Photo credit: my friend Charlene, whose kitchen looks across the bay towards Portapique. She says "give credit to the painter". Amen.
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13th May 2020 7:02pm
13th May 2020 7:49pm
This one got posted to my blog and shared on a facebook group where lots of folks were sharing support for all the grieving people in my community.
The MANY incredible sunset pictures people shared that night from all over NS were overwhelming. So much beauty amid so much loss... there is no other explanation but that nature was grieving with us.
The MANY incredible sunset pictures people shared that night from all over NS were overwhelming. So much beauty amid so much loss... there is no other explanation but that nature was grieving with us.
