Tom Sexton’s ‘Glacier’: A New Poem

April 29, 2020 by PaulM Posted in Poetry, Literature, Nature 1 Comment

(web photo courtesy of juneautours)

 

Glacier

by Tom Sexton

 

We stood on the deck of a ferry at dawn

fifty years ago and felt the cold breath

 

of a glacier that was mirrored in the icy water.

Harbor seals disappeared as we approached.

 

When the air filled with the thunder of the glacier’s

calving, we gripped the rail. The ferry shuddered.

 

Who would have imagined then how easy it would be

to turn a glacier to mist, to make a glacier disappear?

One Response to Tom Sexton’s ‘Glacier’: A New Poem

  1. Marie Louise St.Onge says:

    All of my senses were engaged by this beautiful yet brief poem…..a workhorse in so few lines. Thank you, Tom.
    Indeed, who would have imagined? Well done…….