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Written about a trip made to the wonderful city of Victoria, British Columbia--certainly the Jewel of the Pacific.

Nocturne 1 Night-blooming jasmine I've never seen it. Once through a window in a place where the moon cast different shadows, a scent I imagined was jasmine stirred the curtains in a room where I lay awake counting shattered pieces of moonwash.

At the window I leaned out
expecting white trumpets
on a wall covered by green ivy
and saw only a dusty yellow globe
                          streetlight
and pebbly stone wall
bare in the night.

In bed again,
waiting for sleep,
and buried in the scent of flowers
that would return only in dreams.

© 2002, Steven Riddle

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