Thursday, May 04, 2006

Great Egret in a Newfoundland Marsh




See that great egret
at the marsh's edge, solitary,
still? Mere pretense
that stillness. His silence is
a lie. In his own pond he is
of some renown, a stalker,
a catcher of fish. Watch him.

-
Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate


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