Sunday, July 02, 2006

earth note 102

kayak cheating
drafting thru the lily pads
behind a dozen geese
snake-like
ripples kick up the carp
screwing in the shallows

by the time i returned for take-out
another goose rendezvous
readying for put-in
pecking shoreline heads
sift thru the grass
white bottoms in the air
wings drip
hot breeze

--- e b bortz

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Dad,

was this on the Allegheny? I like the imagery with the lily pads and carp, very .. haiku.

Eric

e b bortz said...

this was from a recent kayak
trip on lake arthur, moraine
state park near portersville,
pa...thanks for the note.