Against the Wind
Just a Glance
By Bill Coolidge
Published: May, 2003
two egrets skid low among the branches of Live Oak trees
their forward progress impeded by a stiff east wind
their bodies, like sheets hanging on a clothes line
tremble and shake
the wild horses are fidgity
munching, glancing up
the sky is heavy laden,
the gray bulging clouds, seamless
blue heron glides
above spring sprouted trees
underneath gray clouds
neighborhood dog barks
as dim shadow crosses backyard
surveyor of forest, creek
a perch on cypress branch
not even a squawk
silence falls
what do I do
with all this solitude
and this singular vision?
