30 Jan Back 40: Pale Morning Dun

Pale Morning Dun
in June streamwater run
Clouds pass above the gorge
darkpined, steepsided down
the rocksmooth flow and
valleyshadows shifting turn
darkwater bright as gold

Pale Morning Dun
the Rainbows wait
deep down in darkgreen pool
beside the slick beyond the rock
greyspeckled flags that hold
and flutter in the brook
The hatch is on

Pale Morning Dun
Emergers strive
from coldstone bed writhe to the sun
and there, caught in a moment, gleam
in surface sheen unfurl and fly
and I, casting a spidersthread
to glide my patient line 

Pale Morning Dun
The rise is on and I
in hope await a strike
my hook and fly gliding
the sunbright film within the mirrored
clouds as we, our careless selves await
the lures of fortune, and our destiny

Arnon Hurwitz has published stories and articles in The Greensboro Review and Big Sky Journal, in addition to two short-story collections and Alphabet-Saurus! — a children’s book of alphabet poems. Currently, he is working on two novels and a children’s storybook. Hurwitz lives in Lewistown, Montana with his wife, Mary Frances.