This week’s poem, by Tyler Smith, offers us a contemplative moment by the river. I love this poem’s rushing current of imagery, its timeless simplicity and the subtle shift in its second line when repeated as its last.

Smith is a lifelong Maine resident and a recovering addict. He owns his own small construction company and enjoys writing poems in his free time. He has self-published two poetry collections. He comments, “Writing has been a big part of my recovery and has at times saved my life.”