Elegant Egret
daintily moves
its slow rhythmic dance
in step as it woos
with a stealthy wait
the surface glows
as shadows sway
and shimmy below
in a taunting prance
and the beak soon flows
a supersonic dart
of oblivion.
© Brenda Aksionov 2018
[Art courtesy of Janet Weight Reed]
Thank you so much for your poem – I think it is beautiful – janet
I am so pleased my words do justice to your beautiful artwork Janet.
Thank you so kindly for allowing me to use your art with my poem.