Solstice Litany Jim Harrison

SOLSTICE LITANY By Jim Harrison

5 Solstice at the cabin deep in the forest. The full moon shines in the river, there are pale green northern lights. A huge thunderstorm comes slowly from the west. Lightning strikes a nearby tamarack bursting into flame. I go into the cabin feeling unworthy. At dawn the tree is still smoldering in this place the gods touched earth.

Credit: Jim Harrison, “Solstice Litany: Part 5” from Dead Man’s Float. Copyright © 2016 by Jim Harrison. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Copper Canyon Press, www.coppercanyonpress.org.

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