Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Receive the summer sky





Be firm, rail over the river, to support those who lean idly, yet haste with the hasting current; 
Fly on, sea-birds! fly sideways, or wheel in large circles high in the air; 
Receive the summer sky, you water, and faithfully hold it till all downcast eyes have time to take it from you! 

from "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"
by Walt Whitman 




Long Island Sound on the way from New London to Orient Point


Photos by Claudia Keenan



https://www.throughthehourglass.com/2019/08/ferry-ride.html

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