Twilight

Twilight

Looking across 

The water we are

Startled by a star--

It is not dark yet

The sun has just set

 

Looking across 

The water we are

Alone as that star

That startled us,

And as far

 

-Samuel Menashe

 

Samuel Menashe was an American poet born in New York in 1925 who died in 2011. He was the first recipient of the Poetry magazine's Neglected Masters award, and this Library of America volume was the result.

 

Twilight comes early this time of year and it's a little cold to go down by the lake without a good reason...