Tag: human interloper

• A Pond Discovery by John Grey

  

  The pond is almost hiddenin thick rushesbut I spy the periscopeof an egret head,hear the rattling cryof a kingfisher.There are no secretsfrom the eyes and ears. It’s wider and deeperthan I expected.Enough to interesta merganser pair.Enough amphibian mating callsto form a belching choir. Fish, too tiny to name,slither about the mossy rocks.Painted turtles bask on…

  colleenflorafiction

  February 25, 2023

  Fiction, human interloper, nature, Poetry, pond