No Clouds
The moon is a silver weight.
A man walks his dog and smokes.
Tides pull.
The trees are saints:
the old, the tested, those at peace.
Patrick T. Reardon
2.4.19
Originally published in Lucky Star, 1986.
Written by : Patrick T. Reardon
For more than three decades Patrick T. Reardon was an urban affairs writer, a feature writer, a columnist, and an editor for the Chicago Tribune. In 2000 he was one of a team of 50 staff members who won a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. Now a freelance writer and poet, he has contributed chapters to several books and is the author of Faith Stripped to Its Essence. His website is https://patricktreardon.com/.