prologue
"V" formations
have begun,
late August
warning flights.
is it a practice run?
could be the
real deal. it's
often so:
Great Lakes' late
summers are
tricks of mind,
sometimes,
down and woolen
closet doors cracked
open ever so
slightly.
Photo © Arthur Morris
Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker
Arthur Morris photo from Google search. (True color altered)
I love how the woolens are peeping through the closet door in anticipation...lovely...
ReplyDeleteIt'll be January before I have the downs & woolens out here in Texas, but oh, how I look forward to it. (If I keep the air conditioner on & the fan running I can put the down comforter on the bed earlier that Jan.!)
ReplyDeleteWe had a "norther" come through on Sunday & this morning was delightful... dry air & temperatures in the 60s - maybe tomorrow too!
dude! i saw v's crossing lake ontario right across from you just a week and a half ago . . . i was wondering . . . is this it . . . do they know something i don't want to know? steven
ReplyDeleteAh yes, the birds know how to live in peace...if only we could catch a few of their good habits! Nice poem, thanks!
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