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e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s
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a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i
v e s E d i t i o n
ANTLER
Spring Break-up Happening
Now spring break-up
is happening
the river ice
lies jumbled
in puzzle pieces
four feet high
on the riverbank
while the river swollen
with snowmelt and icemelt
rushes by.
River water that froze in December
now heaped in jagged piles
in the March sun
and on the undersides
of the frozen river
ice chunks
thousands of
icicles
the size of
a baby’s little finger.
Tons of slabs of ice
along the river edge
as far up and down the river
as you can see.
with myriad miniature icicles
on the bottom of ice
the river flowed under in the dark
while we skated on it
a week ago
under the full moon.
[Originally
published in NHS 2011, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs11/.]