A Perfect Day
I sit on a bench
Watching the river racing by
The cool breeze propelling the water
At a pace that races over rocks
Planted in the river bed
Creating a swirling and frothing display
Of pseudo-rapids competing with time
The sun piercing the crystal-clear sky
Like a high-intensity light bulb
And yet without glare
As it brilliantly illuminates
The cascading water
Iridescence bouncing in all directions
Like a back-lit canvas
Paper-white clouds held motionless
In the blueness above the water
A dichotomy of river and sky
A perfect day to sit on a bench
And capture the moment in photographs
Like impressionist paintings
Seeking to capture the essence of the day
Trees beginning their transition
From green to multi-colored hues
A coalescence of nature
The cool crisp air refreshing the spirit
As it refreshes the atmosphere
Blending the elements of life
With the earth and the sky
Bruce Levine
Bruce Levine is a 2019 Pushcart Prize Poetry nominee, a
2021 Spillwords Press Awards winner and the Featured
Writer in WestWard Quarterly Summer 2021. Over three hundred of his
works are published on over twenty-five on-line journals including Ariel Chart,
Spillwords, Literary Yard; in over seventy print books including Tipton Poetry
Journal, Halcyon Days and Founder’s Favourites and his shows have been produced
in New York and around the country. Visit him at www.brucelevine.com