by Whitman · Cluster: Sun · Light and Dark · Fire
Abstract
Imagist miniature of Northwest fishermen spearing salmon by torchlight at night on a black lake; pure nocturnal image of fire on water.
Connections
Motifs: Fire, Night, Water, Light and Dark Forms & Genres: Fragment
Testo integrale / Full text
Cluster: AUTUMN RIVULETS
On my Northwest coast in the midst of the night a fishermen’s group
stands watching,
Out on the lake that expands before them, others are spearing salmon,
The canoe, a dim shadowy thing, moves across the black water,
Bearing a torch ablaze at the prow.