Blue Water to Chicago - Jeanne Blum Lesinski

blue water to chicago

vistas approach, recede:  

wrong side of tracks back side gang graffiti warehouse 

forlorn bungalow, industrial dump, factory back lot 

turkey in soybeans, grain elevator, orange ditch lilies  

borrow pit pond sports pontoon boat fishing dock 

golden winter wheat, cattle cars, laundry on the line 

dead end dirt road, public park, coal-fired power plant 

pickerel weed ponds, cow pasture, sailboat in an open barn 

house with grain silos rises above fields like a manor  

meadow of milkweed, farm implement graveyard, tree stand  

gravel pit, oil tank cars, industrial park, fire station  

county road black-eyed susans, miniature horse paddock  

elderly couple waves, hugs each other as the train pulls away 

Originally published by Still Life, 2017

Jeanne Blum Lesinski is a poet and prose writer whose works have appeared in journals, anthologies, lifestyle magazines, and online. Her poetry collection Tethers End was published with Shanti Arts in 2023. When not at her computer, she often escapes to a bicycle path, a garden, or a good read. Jeanne Blum Lesinski (jeanneblumlesinskiwriter.com)