One More Year to Remember©

Dan Lukiv
M.Ed., English and Creative Writing
McNaughton Centre, Quesnel, BC, Canada
E-mail: lukivdan@shaw.ca

chapter 9

september 1

a sliver of moon
above the amber sunset
above dark waves

september 2

ducks bobbing
on the brown river--
not quacking

september 3

night-ducks dive into
the lake that shimmers of
electrum

september 4

a green biplane--
acrobatic signature
in the blue sky

september 5

night wind
in forest trees--
waterfalls

september 6

only two girls,
on floaties, laughing in the
shady lake

september 7

beside the flat lake,
ants climb the picnic table,
searching

september 8

one daffodil
by the dryer-vent
did not freeze

september 9

at the cool lake,
ducks suddenly submerge,
then pop up elsewhere

september 10

a group of children,
on a field trip at the lake,
throw rocks at gulls

september 11

a beetle
beneath my sandal
crunches

september 12

weed killer--
the entire block smells of
death

september 13

early morning
rain on the skylight as
the children sleep

september 14

the sun sets-- 
for a moment, silence takes
over the meadow

september 15

at dusk,
the valley, almost grey--
songs of birds

september 16

by the wood pile
waits the scruffy tom--
our cat’s pal

september 17

rain pounds
our sagging tent--we laugh
and hold hands

september 18

gulls cry
on the river-island,
far from the sea

september 19

pine encircle
a nineteen-thirty five
ford

september 20

the root cellar
echoes of one hundred years of
footsteps

september 21

a blackfly
buzzes about my head--
then it’s gone

september 22

such silence,
this deep, silver-flat lake-- 
a trout splashes

september 23

birds
in the smell of forest
sing

september 24

in this quiet room,
i push open the window--
carpenters hammer

september 25

we lie on cool grass,
gazing at darkness between stars--
we’re small

september 26

a boy, in the
grey mist on the broken dock,
stands by his dog

september 27

on her pink tricycle,
she, smiling at pedestrians,
has no front teeth

september 28

on dying flowers,
little bees wiggle in the
snap of fall

september 29

yellow-leaved trees
glow as the sun burns
low

september 30

yellow-leaved trees
line gravel beds of the
brown river

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