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Mist

a lake

filled with fish shadows
swimming in dark depths
across a bottom covered with
green creeping algae

weeping willows press close
moss hangs from branches 
looming over the water
where the wet roots of the trees 
grip fungus covered rocks
 
a mist slowly rises pale and thick
from the glistening surface
forms appear and vanish within
weaving to and fro like ghosts
swimming up into the night sky

a white blanket spreads slowly
over the sleeping countryside
swirling around houses
and slipping into chimneys
across the silent hearthstones
until the rising sun
burns it away
 
 From the collection "Words at 16 (1983)" - edited June 2026

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a lake filled with fish shadows swimming in dark depths across a bottom covered with green creeping algae weeping willows press close moss hangs from branches looming over the water where the wet roots of the trees grip fungus covered rocks a mist slowly rises pale and thick from the glistening surface forms appear and vanish within weaving to and fro like ghosts swimming up into the night sky a white blanket spreads slowly over the sleeping countryside swirling around houses and slipping into chimneys across the silent hearthstones until the rising sun burns it away From the collection "Words at 16 (1983)" - edited June 2026