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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Credit River

 

the river's mouth is wide open 

gently pulsing tides under autumn's

foliage of maple and oak trees


along trail ways auburn & chestnut

fallen leaves, we go

downwards, downwards


listening to shrills of wood peckers 

and birdsongs from the robins &

Blue Jays, riotous beavers & frogs


leaping, leaping

along with salmon and trout

swimming from rocky broad bend


to marsh of cattails, weeds & grass

peak season is here

our fishing rods & paddles


swirling, swirling

to catch the harvest of the season

from this land we call home



Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Dipping our Poetic Paddles, with guest host, Truedessa.  Thanks for visiting and commenting.


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17 comments:

  1. brudbergSeptember 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM

    This sounds like a paradise to me... though I think you may have ignored the mosquitoes and gnats

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  2. TruedessaSeptember 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM

    I really enjoyed your river journey. It was full of life and sounds. I especially liked this line.

    leaping, leaping
    along with salmon and trout

    I can see the salmon jumping out of the river. Thank you for taking me with you on this adventure.

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  3. Kim M. RussellSeptember 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM

    Oh Grace, this is a wonderful poem, from the wide open river’s mouth (I wonder if she’s inhaling, exhaling, or exclaiming), along the trail ways, right on to the marsh of cattails, weeds & grass. I love all the colours and repetition of ‘downwards, downwards’, ‘leaping, leaping’ and ‘swirling, swirling’, which creates rhythm.

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  4. Sherry Blue SkySeptember 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM

    What a beautiful poem and photo. Canada is so wonderfully full of lakes and rivers. And I loved watching the salmon leaping up the falls when I lived in Port Alberni.

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  5. AngeSeptember 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM

    What a fabulous poem Grace, beautiful imagery💞

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  6. Gillena CoxSeptember 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM

    Luv that the salmons were included. Bravo. Scenic and musical

    Much♡love

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  7. HelenSeptember 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM

    You made leaping, leaping ... swirling swirling totally come alive .... jump out of my monitor alive, Grace!!!!!

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  8. DoraSeptember 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM

    Sounds heavenly, Grace, full of an abundance of life, of joy.

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  9. Dwight L. RothSeptember 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM

    Beautifully written, Grace!

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  10. Jae RoseSeptember 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM

    What a beautiful description of the landscape and the contended feeling you have portrayed - Jae

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  11. renOctober 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM

    so lovely, Grace! <3

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  12. AliOctober 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM

    I agree with others, the landscape you describe sounds delightful. It makes me wish I was there.

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  13. Jennifer WagnerOctober 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM

    I love all the sights and sounds you bring to us in this poem, Grace. And your final tercet is icing on the autumn cake.

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  14. paeansunpluggedOctober 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM

    You took us on a wondrous journey, Grace. Such a beautiful sensory experience.

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  15. purplepeninportland.comOctober 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM

    The sounds, and surroundings make for a stunning tour.

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  16. pvcann.comOctober 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM

    I want to get in my kayak and follow your poem.

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  17. ImeldaOctober 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM

    The poem is so idyllic. I am transported to the quiet of a river and the sounds around it.

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