Long, narrow islands
grow slowly over the years,
by inches, by a few feet
in the Platte River.
Ever-changing sandbars
are made and remade,
formed and transformed.
by a slow, shallow current,
meandering, weaving
between massive cottonwoods
that fortify the river banks.
Some of the cottonwoods were
born when horses pulled wagons
east to west through
the long state of Nebraska
along the curves of the Platte,
carrying all of its past
in the slow current
into the future.
© 2023 Richard Havenga
Photo Locations:
1. 2. & 3. North Platte, Nebraska
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