White ibis/blue crane,
the arch of wings
in full sail over leafy barques
a wise stork scanning water
like the Disney character,
conductor on his train
with eye-glasses
& stop watch.
Sift of wind,
unseen hand exploring the pond
the stork ungainly on a single leg
the bird-man Jolly Roger
a pirate burrowing in the muck
add skull and cross bones
upending frightened fingerlings
the snout of the bandit
a rifle shot away
creasing the shallows.
Alcatraz
Paul Cameron Brown
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Poem topics: away, water, wind, bird, blue, white, wise, single, character, skull, watch, train, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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