August 9th, 1999 | |||
have I taken a trout from this pool under the black willow - a good place for big fish, the current deeply undercutting the bank, a good cover of foam on the eddy, caddis always, shifting schools of dace. Still, one a year
I wade the riffle at its head, move
by the oxbow and watch, imagining how
of other spots like this one, where
Excerpt from: Big Water
John Engels has taught English Literature at St. Michaels's College in Winooski, Vermont for many years. He is the author of five books of poetry, including The Homer Mitchell Place, Vivaldi in Early Fall, and Weather-Fear, for which he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is recognized as one of America's finest poets. He lives in Burlington, Vermont. |
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