Nocturne (Cascade)--By Ralph Stott--England

Nocturne (Cascade)

Stars scatter in the night sky
Mountains rise as candle-lights
A rocket takes to its flight
This lake embraces the sound

Darkness drifts the still water
A rocket soars high then spills
Its golden lights to the hills
Stars scatter in the night sky

Lights from dwellings window shine
Speckled lines drawn in the night
Clusters sparkle from a height
Mountains rise as candle-lights

Cloudless night reveals the sky
Crescent moon above then pours
Light reflects these darkened shores
A rocket takes to its flight

High above this spectacle
There to echo once again
 As mountains sound their refrain
This lake embraces the sound

Ralph Stott was born in Kent, England in 1957. He is married and has two daughters.  He studied design at the Medway College of Design in the mid-70's. Expressing ideas through the written/visual media, has always interested him. Ralph began to dedicate more time to poetry with The Writers and Poetry Alliance, in particular the 'Stylists' forum, over the last 3 years. He has self published one book called Legends For Lunchtime; a collection of short stories and has a second book pending called Twist and Twist Again, which is a collection of Twister poems, a form he created.