AWAKENING poem

By Richard L. Provencher

Wed, 22 Apr 2009

Awakening

mist embraces
a pattern of spider webs
straddling fir branches
in artistic symmetry
thread-coated
veneer of morning silver.

In the stillness wary
bullfrogs pause
their bellicose croaks
restrained

and mallards bob
in lazy spirals
aside shore’s lining
cloudburst as umbrellas
masking
duck-plowed trails.

Nature provides a menu
landscaped
in early rising.

Published Volume 2 Spring 2009
Paragon 2 A Compendium of Writing
Memorial University - Newfoundland
ISBN 978-0-88901-397-1