Thursday, November 11, 2021

The White Fire of Ice


The morning fog is a silk shawl

sliding over this November wetland.

Hanging upon dark silhouettes

of dying willow trunks.



Beneath the willows, ghost-like geese

swim slowly on still water.

Water that will soon transform

into the white fire of ice.



Ice that triggers departure

for this small, local flock.

A flock that will join

a larger formation.



A formation flying

farther south

in the efficient

V-shape.



A shape that has

served their lives

for all time.


They know when it's time.

© 2021 Richard Havenga


Photo Locations:

1. & 3. Grattan Township Kent County - Michigan

2. Home Wetland - Cannonsburg, Michigan

4. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge - SanAntonio, New Mexico

 

 

1 comment:

  1. "The morning fog is a silk shawl
    sliding over this November wetland." ~
    from: The White Fire of Ice" by Poetographer Richard Havenga @ Walk With Father Nature: https://walkwithfathernature.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-white-fire-of-ice.html

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