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      January 11, 2025The Power of LightKen Letko

      can turn a white
      dog black
      a silhouette
      on the horizon
      sunlight unfolds
      every new leaf
      pulls a sumac
      sprout through
      four inches of asphalt
      a red light stops a chain
      of fast-moving cars
      at an intersection
      light you spend
      all day every day
      at the end of the tunnel
      nine missing miners
      on the windowsill
      nine candles
      widow’s walk
      a lantern for
      a late boat
      the moon
      is your proxy
      interrogating
      the night sky
      you can make
      mud shine
      any student
      of the stars
      knows the sky
      can be any color

      from #32 - Winter 2009

      Ken Letko

      “I was walking on some bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean when I noticed a large black dog on the horizon. The off-leash animal was coming toward me on the same trail. When we met, I realized the friendly, smiling creature was nearly pure white because he was no longer walking in his own shadow! I had witnessed ‘the power of light.’ I just had to write about that.”

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