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Richard Wilhelm is a painter and poet who has lived in Somerville Since 1984. He is the author of one book of poems, Awakenings (Ibbetson Street Press, 2007), and was one of three editors of the anthology City of Poets: 18 Boston Voices (2000).

JUNEAU

Richard Wilhelm

the grinding of the anchor cable,

Juneau in morning fog—

each hour has its seasons

I stand overlooking

the docks,

wondering

have I been too ensnared

by images, too enamored

of the shifting moon

the gray water, the gray air—

a film noir waterfront,

a study of tonalities,

of the edge of what we can’t have

the grinding of the anchor cable,

Juneau in the fog–

my thoughts are loaded

onto many boats

— Richard Wilhelm