Still Water
Prose Poems

Copyright @ 1989 by Arthur Garfunkel
ISBN 0-525-24795-5
Used by persmission of Author - All Rights Reserved

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I walk the ship from end to end,
watching it part the waves.
A part of loving is knowing…
water excited. diaphanous folds
I have come to know somewhat the sight
of the beautiful foam below.
Now the courtship continues
to sail amid marble.
I look for my love to grow.

Atlantic crossingJuly 1984