TRACING YOUR IMAGES
(in memory Robert Lowell
 1917-1977) passed Sept. 12

Emerging September images
as first sunlight filters
your morning presages
passages of your time
and emerges at our walk along
over these pavements
on ancient cobblestones
by your Beacon Hill history
drawing us near the river
refreshing our memory
as mineral water
assures us by Boston Common
at the stunning fountain gates
of an interweaving day
spoke to our thirst and hunger
as a chorus of songbirds
on sight read branches
are heard where oak trees
offer acorns on the Esplanade
as passing marathon
joggers run by us.