Stopping by the Lake on a Summer Night
by
Jodi Adamson
Jodi Adamson
Jodi Adamson received her BA from Huntingdon College and her pharmacy doctorate from Auburn University Pharmacy School. She works at a local retail pharmacy as a staff pharmacist. Along with her illustrator, Stacey Hopson, she has published an illustrated book entitled The Ten Commandments for Pharmacists, a humorous look at the world of pharmacy dos and don'ts.
Her poem "Lost Civilizations" won first place in the Alabama State Poetry Society Fall Contest. She also had her poetry reviewed by NewPages.com. New work has appeared or is forthcoming in Clackamas Literary Review, Forge, The Griffin, The Old Red Kimono, The Prelude, RiverSedge, The Starry Night Review, and the anthologies Dreams of Steam III and It Was a Dark and Stormy Night.
As the crazy full moon shone,
Lapped at the dark, serpentine lake
While she skipped a rough, silver stone.
Bare feet crunched on the bank alone.
She, with no thought to the day's headache,
As the crazy full moon shone.
She, painted in sweat and hair windblown
Embracing Nature for Her own sake
While she skipped a rough, silver stone.
Like little stars, fireflies were strewn
Dotted near tall pines at night's wake
As the crazy full moon shone.
Nature's peace followed her home,
Borrowed peace from her nighttime break,
As the crazy full moon shone,
While she skipped a rough, silver stone.
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