Next Boat

By: Lora Berg

Boat in the mist.

Is this the one I’m meant

to ride on, boat to heaven

that whisks along Lake Chelan,

knowing where to go

like the salmon?

The first leaves turn

over the velour of water

that ripples toward the far shore.

I wish I could stay

and just watch that boat

in the distance.

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Lora Berg created a collaborative book with visual artist Canute Caliste (1914-2005), and has published poems in Shenandoah, Colorado Review, The Carolina Quarterly, etc. She served as Poet-in-Residence at the Saint Albans School, and holds an MFA from Johns Hop-kins. Lora has also served as Cultural Attaché at U.S. embassies abroad.