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Miramichi Afternoon

Miramichi Afternoon
The sloping shoulders of the river
tumble down rock on rock toward 
the wind-riffled, slow flowing water.
Alder and grass creep down the slope
but will be ripped out once again by
the ice out floods of early spring.
The stones and haphazard boulders
 are sun baked into featureless gray,
their bright minerals shrouded from view.
Land living things are more sparce here 
and those present are paused by the heat.
Out on the water a dimple of a ring rise, 
perhaps a salmon, more likely a trout.
A noiseless punctuation of somnolence.

Copyright © Edward Ahern | Year Posted 2025