keep close
keep together
keep between us
Instructions
The Marsh Awakens
wind ripples the open water
geese and ducks float by
a heron contemplates a stay
Last One In
propelled
by Mom’s encouragement
first swim
The Long And Short Of It
the melt has started
but the freeze
hangs on
Migration
headed south
the honking
of goodbye
New
everything a wonder
the world
is brand new
Flying South
before
the formation
is found
Before the Journey
on still water
geese convene
at the heron nest
Late
geese arrive
later than usual
bewildered by the lack of spring
Vantage Point
In a world of green
take a green seat
and wait for the V’s of geese
to pull autumn into view.
Reeds
When the reeds begin to sing their rustling song of early Fall
the geese know it is time to prepare for their pilgrimage south.