Poetry from Prop

lakes submerge usin our strength of cool soft ribboned huesthe brightest outlinescloser to the lakeshulled by silt &grass banks, rustpumping pinelengthens a granitealignmentscattered on charityso cool the lakeexpanding limbsyour broadened foot& toes extend, alwaysto an upper cleara brighter linefrom fathoms by Peter Jaegerfrom his book PROPpublished by Salt

lakes submerge us
in our strength of cool

soft ribboned hues
the brightest outlines
closer to the lakes
hulled by silt &
grass banks, rust
pumping pine
lengthens a granite
alignment
scattered on charity
so cool the lake
expanding limbs
your broadened foot
& toes extend, always
to an upper clear
a brighter line
from fathoms

by Peter Jaeger
from his book PROP
published by Salt
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