Poetry: Water/Ice (A reflection)
By Grayce Scholt Nov 2009
Surrounded by the
sweep of autumn - brush,
sparks of light reflect
from what is left in
our old bird-bath - bath
shooting diamonds bright
into our kitchen - dark;
I hear you say"
re-fill the bowl
so that the mourning doves,
that pair that - known our yard
through all the years,
can drink.
But then I see
the water - turned to
ice; the doves have
flown to gentler times,
like those we knew
before the winter rime
came down and dimmed
that shaft of summer sun,
a brightness that we took
for life
Grayce Scholt is a retired English professor from Mott College who wrote art reviews for the Flint Journal. Her book of poetry, Bang! Go All the Porch Swings, is available online from Amazon and locally at Pages Bookstore in downtown Flint.
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