NIGHTS IN CUMMINGS COVE
by Michael
Keshigian
Those
nights illuminated by the
moon
whose
white dagger severed the
wet surface,
highlighted
the stalks upon
Gypsy Glen
which
stretched off the shoal
into
the crooked air
and
the lake wore a tarnished
chink
upon
its silver armor.
The
white pines, stilled by the
sheen,
waited
till their presence
faded
back to distorted
disfigurements.
The
cold air was always crisp
and
smelled of wild roses
that
circled the shoreline,
soon
exposed as the moon’s silver
eye
adjusted
its stare toward the
brush
and
patches of mulch
gingerly
caressing the lapping
lake.
On
nights such as these,
he
would gaze at the cottages,
nesting
beachside, their lights
flickering
in
night’s magnificent
isolation,
little
did he suspect this
absence of adoration,
the
opportunity to commune,
would
become a longing
that
would follow him.
Michael Keshigian’s
fourteenth poetry collection, What to Do With Intangibles was
released in January 2020 by Cyberwit.net. He has been widely published in
numerous national and international journals, recently including Boston
Literary Magazine, Studio 1, Edison Literary Review, Bluepepper,
and Tipton Poetry Journal and has appeared as feature writer in twenty
publications with 7 Pushcart Prize and 2 Best Of The Net nominations. (michaelkeshigian.com)
Ann Marie
Rhiel is the Assistant
Art Director for Yellow Mama Webzine. She was born and raised in Bronx, New York, presently
living in New Jersey. She reconnected with her passion for art in 2016 and has had her
work exhibited in art galleries around northern New Jersey ever since. She is a commissioned
painting artist, who also enjoys photography. Her work has also appeared in Black Petals
and Megazine Official.
