George Moore
The Lake
at lightedge
rows me out into its center
exposed to the loons by
their measure, so close
the water could be broken.
At best an hour of progress
toward particular deeds
all ending in surface
saved from momentous
achievement, light gone
in last bloodbonds of color
as the loons call again
no shore and only air.
Bio
George Moore's sixth collection, Children's Drawings of the Universe will be published by Salmon Press in 2012. He has published poems in The Atlantic, Poetry, North American Review, Colorado Review. Nominated for the last two years for Pushcart Prizes, Best of the Web and Best of the Net awards, the Rhysling Award and the Wolfson Poetry Prize, Moore's work has appeared internationally this year in journals in Ireland, England, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Spain. He teaches with the University of Colorado, Boulder.