Emily Beyond the Main

A glistening glass upon the main,
A weeping waif in faded sallows;

The steely eye that rent the brook,
An ebbing stone in pale and shadow.

A fleeting wave that clove the night,
A sickly dram unto the time that wove;

A faith that hovered beyond the rain,
The crimson bleed of fleeting tallow. A

Moonlit star that kissed the wabe, Gazan
Tears the hallowed moon doth know;

Drowned in sorrow, the ancient lea – until
A light comes calling, to bring us home again

David Penner’s articles on politics and health care have appeared in Dissident Voice, CounterPunch, Global Research, The Saker blog, OffGuardian and KevinMD; while his poetry can be found at Dissident Voice, Mad in America, and redtailedhawk.substack.com. Also a photographer, he is the author of three books of portraiture: Faces of The New Economy, Faces of Manhattan Island, and Manhattan Pairs. He can be reached at 321davidadam@gmail.com. Read other articles by David.