Nocturne Poem by Dah Helmer

Timeless:
the surf's ageless boom hushes the sunset
and the water drags a bluesy nocturne
under the breakers

The night-sky chars the dim light
and the full moon
expands low above the small harbor
like a slow lump of yeast rising
and little by little
carries its caldron of embezzled light
into the sky's black mud

Diminished
the sharp light turns flat


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from my book 'The Translator'

Publisher: Transcendent Zero Press

'Nocturne' was first published in 'The Filid Anthology'