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Summer Storm
by Scott Wiggerman
A green tercet of noise approaches from
the lake: parrots. But even everyday
dark-feathered birds have broken tedium
and squawk like a bold-flavored Beaujolais.
Cacophonies of grackles spot a vein
of worms, whose bounty sets their beaks afire,
excited still by yesterday’s hard rain,
if only for an hour. They take desire,
like us, in any unexpected form:
a sudden feast, a parrot’s shadow on
the pond, a whiff of ozone from the storm,
a filled-up water barrel. Then it’s gone —
as quick as seasons. How we pray to seize
such moments, spread our wings, and rise with ease.
Scott Wiggerman is the author of two books of poetry, Vegetables and Other Relationships and Presence, forthcoming from Pecan Grove Press. A frequent workshop instructor, he is also an editor for Dos Gatos Press, publisher of the annual Texas Poetry Calendar, now in its fourteenth year. His website is http://swig.tripod.com.
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Published 2 January 2011
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