The lake is charcoal flannel serge
bound with an ermine edge
beneath a quilt batting sky.
I especially like “quilt batting sky.”
It’s interesting how it lies exactly like quilt batting cut to the shape of the lake, like trapunto or something.
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Shawn Bird is an author, poet, and educator in the beautiful Shuswap region of British Columbia, Canada. She is a proud member of Rotary.
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I especially like “quilt batting sky.”
It’s interesting how it lies exactly like quilt batting cut to the shape of the lake, like trapunto or something.