Canticle for Native Brook Trout

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Canticle for Native Brook1 Trout2
Todd Davis

                             Now we are all sitting here strangely 
                            On top of the sunlight.
                                               —JAMES WRIGHT 
 
 
Fishing the narrow stream 
 of light, we follow a seam 
 between hemlock3 and sweating 
 rhododendron, tulip poplar 
 and white oak that grow 
 more than a hundred feet tall. 
 The small fish that have been here 
 for thousands of years 
 lay in on flat rock that lines 
 the streambed, or hide beneath 
 the shelves where water 
 pours over fallen trees. 
 They are nearly invisible, 
 backs colored like the stone 
 in the pool where they were born 
 and where they will die 
 after giving birth to their own. 
 The drift of our flies 
 tempts them, and through 
 the glass surface we see 
 their jaws4 part, predatory 
 surge ending with a struggle 
 to be freed from the end 
 of our lines. Their lives 
 depend upon the coldness 
 of water, upon our desire 
 to touch their bodies, 
 to marvel5 at the skin 
 along their spines6: the tan 
 worm-shaped ovals, 
 the smallest red circles, 
 the splash of yellow 
 and orange that washes 
 around their bellies 
 as we release them 
 and they swim 
 from our grasp 
 back into a sliver 
 of sunlight.

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1 brook PSIyg     
n.小河，溪；v.忍受，容让
参考例句：
  • In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
  • The brook trickled through the valley.小溪涓涓流过峡谷。
2 trout PKDzs     
n.鳟鱼；鲑鱼(属)
参考例句：
  • Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
  • We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼，早饭时吃了。
3 hemlock n51y6     
n.毒胡萝卜，铁杉
参考例句：
  • He was condemned to drink a cup of hemlock.判处他喝一杯毒汁。
  • Here is a beech by the side of a hemlock,with three pines at hand.这儿有株山毛榉和一株铁杉长在一起，旁边还有三株松树。
4 jaws cq9zZq     
n.口部；嘴
参考例句：
  • The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
  • The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。
5 marvel b2xyG     
vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异；n.令人惊异的事
参考例句：
  • The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.机器人是现代工程技术的奇迹。
  • The operation was a marvel of medical skill.这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹。
6 spines 2e4ba52a0d6dac6ce45c445e5386653c     
n.脊柱( spine的名词复数 )；脊椎；（动植物的）刺；书脊
参考例句：
  • Porcupines use their spines to protect themselves. 豪猪用身上的刺毛来自卫。
  • The cactus has spines. 仙人掌有刺。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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