Poetry by Raymond Berthelot
The sailboats at anchor
are pulled in one direction
by the tide between the keys
Remember that woman
crazy or drunk, walking by the sanitarium
she too, refused assistance
What is it about moonlight and tropical flowers?
for a while at least
peace seems possible
But back to the sea
and the sun distantly setting, swollen
at a place we’ll never be
Raymond Berthelot is the Historic Sites District Manager for the Louisiana Office of State Parks. His work has appeared in publications such as Progenitor, Mantis, Peregrine Journal, Apricity Magazine, The Elevation Review, the Carolina Quarterly and DASH Literary Journal. A chapbook, The Middle Ages, is available with Finishing Line Press.
