One More Year to Remember©

Dan Lukiv
M.Ed., English and Creative Writing
McNaughton Centre, Quesnel, BC, Canada
E-mail: lukivdan@shaw.ca

chapter 10

october 1

lightning,
cloud to cloud--
no sound

october 2

seated on a bench--
a curly-haired woman
and her poodle

october 3

waddling geese
follow sunrise golfers and
honk loudly

october 4

lime-coloured leaves
beneath these dark clouds
glow quietly

october 5

yellow leaves
beneath these dark clouds
don’t glow

october 6

red leaves
beneath these dark clouds--
two boys argue

october 7

in the night sky:
passengers in a plane that
screams by my home

october 8

nighttime, outside:
i bounce on the trampoline
and feel jumpy

october 9

white fog:
it does not hide
the orange sun

october 10

i understand
victoria's secret--
eat lettuce

october 11

a porpoise plays
in the mad wash of the boat's
propeller

october 12

three deer swimming
between evergreen islands--
killer whales, nearby

october 13

the steel-thick hull
bounces through white-caps--
a grey whale slides by

october 14

i love thunder--
the way it rattles windows
and makes me afraid

october 15

transmission lines
hum above the pasture
and cows

october 16

a kangaroo and
a radio telescope--
frozen in silence

october 17

my rock skips,
changing the still lake--
dogs bark

october 18

black clouds,
in the moonlit sky--
amoebas

october 19

in the lake,
a trout shimmers--
then it's gone

october 20

a quarter moon--
an old man's twisted face
grins or scowls

october 21

cool night wind pulls
my hair as i close my eyes
in joy

october 22

oil-black waves:
i stand on the dock and breath--
a loon laughs

october 23

the only window
left in the cabin glows
red in this sunset

october 24

the old man on a
bench at the busy park--
asleep

october 25

twilight--
a black cloud snakes between
indigo sky

october 26

crisscrossing trees
strewn on dirty gravel--
a dried up river

october 27

the neighbour’s flag,
a food-store special
tattered already

october 28

five cows
walk slowly in line--
cars fly by

october 29

a log house
in a green meadow--
the roof’s gone

october 30

poplars
leafless at sunrise--
skeletons

october 31

the train chugs
and winds along the dusty
riverbed

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