Photo by Gordon Parks
Climbing mast to spot mackerel school, Gloucester, MA, June 1943
dusk -
coated in sand
the mackerel’s last thrust
Michael O'Brien
Photo by mimicry
salamanders lost to sun on the lips of a dream
Eve Luckring
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An interlude: the Gloucester fishermen conjure up Maximus himself, with a few under his belt and a thing or two to praise:
And because sometimes the salamader does, indeed, dream:
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Finally, because it is an unusual week, moon on the rise, Issa has taken some time off and Master Bashō steps in:
Octopus traps -
summer’s moonspun dreams,
soon ended
Bashō
best,
Don
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