Motif 1, by Rick Yenofsky
October Dawn in Rockport Harbor
by Paulette Demers Turco
Poised on tiers of local granite rock
braced by towering hard-wood pilings, high
above a full-moon, storm-surge tidal flow
(without a hint of where a boat might dock),
its red boards reaching toward a morning sky,
backlit by radiant streams of golden glow
and pastel puffs above–the harbor, still–
sits U.S. painters’ favorite fish shack. Will
its rooftop, powdered with fresh-fallen snow,
as nearby lobster traps–piled row on row–
keep local crews from heading out to sea?
The surface calm bodes well. The nets must be
brimming with haddock, cod. They’ll fill each hold,
while gnarled, raw hands stretch fish tales in the cold.
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