Edward S. Curtis - 1923
"Fishing for smelt in the surf -Trinidad Yurok"
Denise Enck
afternoon, hwy 1
up the coast
winding cliffs of ocean
so much further on
old
oak pressed back
baby
at the breast
of
an old cotton dress
behind
the kitchen
a
sign, a wood -
windows
don't open
& papers
fall out
the
clouds or was it
something
dreamed
under the steep below
- headlands fallen from the sea -
creekside rain
aside the empty,
rough-hewn benches in a row
(untitled)
rain embroiders
the tide
in the silver-edged
Dungeness
morning
the
heron's wing
&
my eye
are the same
hwy
101, ore.
dune
rumors
coast
rhody
rain
azalea
mind
high
grass
bending
low
wet
at the roots
& waiting
Bio:
Denise Enck lives in Mukilteo, Washington with her husband Craig. Her work has been published in such places as The Cafe Review, McClure-Manzarek.com, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, Indefinite Space, Embryonic Stages, Tight, & FranksHome.org. Denise is owner of EmptyMirrorBooks.com, an online bookstore specializing in modern poetry, and of QuantaWebdesign.com, where she designs arts-related websites. Her favorite word is 'fallen.'
