This Is How the Day Began

lake above, sky below

Montreal Sunrise, 7 February 2025 — photo by the poet

This is how the day began,
with the river looking like
a white field of clouds as seen 
from thirty-five thousand feet
and the sun a man harnessed
to a plow and starting to plant

seeds of determination
in rows of expectation,
the snow like soft fertile soil
(smooth, on unforgiving ice)
the man sternly plowing snow
and inching his way towards spring.

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