Sun shines silver
on quiet white caps
early in the day.
No one expects
the mist to whirl
and catch the wind
or for sky
to open its mouth,
to roar with shadows,
for kettle drums
to bang so loud they
burst the sound barrier,
for cymbals to clang
and dash the boat
into oblivion.
Charlotte Walsh has taught workshops at Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, Pelham Art Center, Lakeland Children’s Center, and Lehman College Gallery. Her poems have appeared in Into the Teeth of the Wind, Westchester Review, Common Ground, Third Wednesday, Steamticket and Let the Poets Speak. Her chapbook, Traveling Between Storms, was released in 2012. Her new chapbook, Out of the Lips of Silence will be released shortly.
