New Poetry by John Rock

Within The Blue

blues the night descending

trying to name

a single color

and giving up

the night descending cape of summer

in the mountains held to the stars

there’s only this listening

and the river beneath these legs

only this bridge

and the moon watching itself change

with the current

only the frogs and crickets

holding this hearing aloft

from within the water’s heart

willows and cottonwoods fuller and fuller

this bridge which from dragonflies and flycatchers

could’ve been woven

wishing I could share this with another poet

just the moon breaking apart and coming together

- © John Rock 2021

John Rock grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan in the United States and spent many years near Lake Superior living in a wall tent working on poems, but now lives in a yurt by the Pacific ocean and is still working on poems.  More poems and novels available at johnrockpoetry.com