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POEM OF THE DAY: Mirror Lake by Rolf Erickson

MIRROR LAKE

One
trout
rises

to nibble
a
reflected star

sending ripples through the universe

© Rolf Erickson

Published in This Enduring Gift—A Flowering of Fairfield Poetry, 2010, and selected as the Poem of the Day, October 8, 2011.

Also see The Poet by Rolf Erickson.

Mary Oliver’s poem of a fish leaping At the Lake also captures this kind of magic in words.

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4 Responses to “POEM OF THE DAY: Mirror Lake by Rolf Erickson”

  1. Hafiz via Ladinsky describes the spiritual transformation of loving deeply within himself | The Uncarved Blog Says:
    July 16, 2014 at 1:31 am | Reply

    […] The image of the fish swallowing the moon reminds me of a poem by Rolf Erickson called Mirror Lake. […]

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  2. The Poet by Rolf Erickson | The Uncarved Blog Says:
    May 27, 2015 at 10:22 am | Reply

    […] Also see The Poet by Ken Chawkin, and Mirror Lake by Rolf Erickson. […]

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  3. Mary Oliver’s transcendent experience at the lake, put into words, might leave you breathless | The Uncarved Blog Says:
    May 28, 2015 at 11:17 pm | Reply

    […] Erickson’s Mirror Lake creates a cosmic connection for the […]

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  4. deborahbrasket Says:
    May 31, 2015 at 3:13 pm | Reply

    Lovely! Thank you for drawing my attention to this poem, Ken.

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