Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Library 5:22pm

Here is A Painting

I have followed all My Life

first at The Valley Cottage House

over the white mantle

then moved to a dark wall

of The Shakespeare House kitchen

Now, in Its mature glory

hung in Hunter’s New Library

where I can sit in Our Wing Chair

across from The Subtle Watercolour

of The Moon as unpainted paper —

Its reflection’s sparkle unpainted

and Its Luminosity

spread from inky cloud

to Hudson River Water Scape

with a 3-planked, 4-posted dock

bathed in silver

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*Ernest Beverly Walden