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
"The morning fog is a silk shawl
ReplyDeletesliding 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