“Lake” by Ethna McKiernan (poetry, ’04)

An excerpt from “Lake” by Ethna McKiernan (poetry, ’04), one of two poems published at Postcards, Poems, and Prose:

Lake

Filmy ribs of light

beneath the surface, swirling

as my calves step in.

Liquid silk immersion, sky above

a calm bowl of blue.

The willow tree on the shore

shaking its arms back and forth.  […continue reading here]