Three Mile Harbor Long Island (a poem)

Post date: Jan 31, 2020 1:12:55 PM

By: Katherine Alder, Staff Writer

Posted January 31st, 2020

Three Mile Harbor Long Island (a poem based on Thomas Moran's Painting "Three Mile Harbor Long Island")

The sun slowly sunk

beneath the horizon

ending her vigil over the Earth

for the moon to take her place

with a brilliant scene

of painted fire

and purple smoke clouds

a flash of intensity before

sleep

Beneath the sun lies a lake

reflecting the flames

a sailboat drifts across

the serene waters

catching the breeze

On the shore

grow trees all scrambling

for the light

mourning its passing until

the next morning

A solitary man walks

unnoticed

beneath their boughs

a wraith amongst the shadows

who at the passing of the sun rejoice