I turn towards Redoubt
Rising pinkly against blue sky
The tide rolls in
The silver of dip nets
Sparkle with water drops
Then a cry triumphant
Rings out against the dawn
FISH ON!
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For three weeks in July the mouth of the Kenai River boils with red salmon. Fish and Game opens a subsistence style fishery for Alaskans. I’ve been following it with pictures on facebook. The above is written for the weekend Trifecta challenge of COLOR.
This is beautiful, Barb, the words and the photos. And salmon? YUM! 🙂
redoubt. love that word. only the second time i’ve seen in a poem. 🙂
This is just lovely, from stem to stern. “The silver of dip nets / Sparkle with water drops”–so vivid.
Haha! Now that’s what I call colorful! 😀
These photos are wonderful. Watching the fishing must be an adventure in itself.
One of the historic forts near Pensacola is named Advanced Redoubt.
Tara and LaTonya – Redoubt is the Russian word for Fort. There is a large Russian influence in Alaska and the Kenai Peninsula, thus the mountain is named Mt. Redoubt. It is about 85 miles or so across Cook Inlet from Kenai. 🙂
I can see why you love Alaska so much-there is just so much to love there. My husband used to live in Ketchikan, and he still misses it:)
Lovely 33 words!
I love the way you have described the scene!
That is not a triumph for the fish.
That must be exciting to witness! I love the ‘silver dip of nets’.