Sunset by the Blue River

Poetry by George Freek

SUNSET BY THE BLUE RIVER


The arching branches shelter
the roses from a gusting wind.
Their perfume draws angry bees
and makes them mellow.
As I wander through my garden,
it’s fragrant and colourful.
I’m momentarily sentimental.
Then night falls like a curtain
at the end of a play.
The moon becomes an unresolved mystery
and looks very cold,
and as I drink a cup of tea,
this new spring 
has suddenly become irretrievably old.

George Freek’s poetry has recently appeared in The Ottawa Arts Review, Acumen, The Lake, The Whimsical Poet, Triggerfish and Torrid Literature.

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