Swallows
On an island in the lake, ibis flap on bushes
like white laundry.
Magnolias cup their palms to hold the day,
blushed petals smudged to cream.
Slashed by sun, a flash of swallows darts and folds,
a silver shoal, glinting as it turns,
scintillating copper, golden, gilt
as molten sun burns twilight blue.
Earthbounds too catch fire,
fly and offer petals to the dawn,
burst into radiance of light,
spiral into sky and higher.
Linda Anderson
Linda Anderson started writing poetry again after a break of many years. Linda attends Perth Poetry Club which is where she heard about OOTA. Linda finds Kevin Gillam’s monthly poetry critique group enjoyable and extremely helpful. Since joining the group Linda has had three poems published in Last Stanza Poetry Journal.
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