Issue 16
Wing
Miriam N. Kotzin
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A Birdwatcher Explains an Unfinished Sketch
of Genus Egretta of the Family Ardeidae
He was some distance away, of course.
At first he stood so still, gleamed so white,
He might have been a painted plaster bird
placed there for a joke amidst the marshes.
Then the wind: his silky aigrettes stirred,
Suggestive, wasted.
a few quick strokes for the dagger bill;
almost idly down the long neck.
Then the body: tracing slow feathered curves.
I'd just reached the crucial plume
when that beautiful son of a gun
took off, headed straight into the sun,
and I lost it.
~Miriam N. Kotzin
Miriam N. Kotzin teaches literature and creative writing at Drexel
University in Philadelphia, PA. Her poetry and short fiction have appeared
in print and on the web. Email.
© 2004 by Miriam N. Kotzin. All Rights Reserved.
© Copyright 2004 by Cayuse Press. All Rights Reserved.