Poet’s Corner Press

Icon

SWIMMERS

by Patricia Wellingham-Jones

At dawn on a breath-stealing day
we took coffee and chocolate milk
and mangoed oatmeal to wood chairs
by the creek. Our hair feathered
in the breeze like dandelion fluff
in the last swish of coolness
before the north wind fired up the valley.

An otter family tumbled sleek brown bodies,
splashed among rocks. Fish flicked silver
in the white sun of noonday.
As finches dipped beaks in a drying bird bath
three small boys yipped and shrilled
like parrots in the wild of the creekbank.
Flung water, smelly sneakers, deflated balls.

The western sun slanted apricot rays
through cottonwoods. Over the bridge
pedaled a mother and daughter in red helmets.
Just before dinner you followed me, long towel
trailing through road dust. Showed your doting elder
the fine points of dog paddle and float.

Dark drove the humans away. Bullfrogs
bellowed upstream and down. Cats
paced a final prowl before lock-up.
In the moon-gleaming night I awoke
to a deer splashing under my window,
hooves clattering on river rock.
The water slid to river, to sea, owls muttered.

Category: Poems

Tagged:

Leave a Reply

Categories

Featured Sponsors

Why not experience the thrill of being with thousands of fans with Dallas Cowboys Tickets, Pittsburgh Steelers Tickets or any NFL Tickets! Become part of the action and see all your favorite players live!

Wicked Tickets are captivating audiences from around the country, and will continue to spread its magic. Remember when selecting your Wicked Tickets, anywhere you sit in the theatre, you will be enthralled by a story that is nothing short of fascinating.

Cirque du Soleil Tickets are the ultimate thrill for those who enjoy theatrical performances with extremely talented performers. See first hand the best Circus in the world!

For the Ultimate Fighing Fans, get your UFC Tickets today. Feel the excitment of the ring with the world's best fighters irrespective of their style, using as its basis Brazilian vale tudo fighting with UFC 100 Tickets.

NASCAR Tickets has become the second-most viewed professional sport in terms of television ratings. Join the thousands of fans and experience power at 200 MPH!

StubPass sells tickets to today's top events. Get your Lion King Tickets to see Simba action. Get your Beyonce Tickets and witness her musical R&B masterpieces or the country talent with Kenny Chesney Tickets.

Enjoy a night out with some Boston Red Sox Tickets or New York Yankees Tickets and experience some baseball excitment.

StubPass also sell Las Vegas Tickets, WWE Tickets, Concert Tickets and more!

Find Tool Tickets, Dave Matthews Band Tickets, The Killers Tickets, Walking With Dinosaurs Tickets, Atlanta Braves Tickets, New York Mets Tickets, Elton John Tickets, MLB Tickets and many other cheap concert tickets at TicketSeating.