Skaters
SKATERS
They slip through the air
held to earth at the end
of an etching
a Jackson Pollack canvas of ice
containing somewhere
configurations of thoughtful action;
skimming a frozen world
they enter a tenth of an inch
trying to leave it altogether,
the sound of blades
echoing as a tear
in depths dark and away
where fish kiss the ice
to listen
and view the shadows
Published by Centauri
I was a social studies teacher for thirty years in a middle school. I also was a freelance writer during that time and have published articles, short stories, poems and a novel for young adults, "On a Dista... View profile
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