Monday, 2 November 2020

In The Bay

Orion Shall Rise, CHAPTER NINE.

From the rigging of his yacht as it enters the bay, Terai Lohannaso experiences:

fresh, salt wind;
 
brilliance on whitecaps;
 
sapphire and emerald waves, swirling, rushing and chuckling; 

the waves' vigor throbbing into him;

wheeling, piping gulls;

forested hills encircling shore and town;

a cataracting river;

ripening hay fields;

looming cloud banks, shadowed and goldened by the sinking sun.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Altho I'm just a city boy, I do appreciate Poul Anderson's descriptions of the beauties of nature.

Ad astra! Sean