To The Great Blue Heron

Today I want to share with you a poem by Joyce Lott, one of Princeton's Cool Women Poets, an eight woman poetry critique and performance group....

To The Great Blue Heron

Teach me to stand alone in cold water, to wait
poised for nourishment to drift my way
Show me how to bend my legs
so I move deliberately, looking neither right nor left
Teach me how to swallow without chewing,
to hold a fish in my gullet until its scales become wings

Show me how to puff down into a secret
so only those who know me can find me

Teach me how to open my wings and fly,
unexpected and perfect, a crone in the sky.

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