The Vision
for Bert
Nimble as dancers we step into the water.
Small waves lap at our ankles,
the current pulls us until we start our journey,
stroke answering breath, over and over,
our swim suits thin into transparency
until only the ocean clothes us,
and we lose the contours of our bodies,
but we still feel the moon jelly fish gently
poke at our skin. We swim on and on
never losing sight of each other.
Janet Krauss, after retirement from teaching 39 years of English at Fairfield University, continues to mentor students, lead a poetry discussion at the Wilton Library, participate in a CT. Poetry Society Workshop, and one other plus two poetry groups. She co-leads the Poetry Program of the Black Rock Art Guild. She has two books of poetry: Borrowed Scenery (Yuganta Press) and Through the Trees of Autumn (Spartina Press). Many of her poems have been published in Amethyst Review, and her haiku in Cold Moon Journal.
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