Winter Exhales

Swans - thrump-thrumping practice take offs and landings Geese honk file flight plans Muskrats build mud and stick domes Beaver maintenance crews make ready frogs retreat while the mud is soft Osprey screech above naked woods A doe follows a scented path Turtles secure their mobile homes A woodpecker sends Morse code alerts The ice shell creeps Winter exhales across the pond John G. Lawless 9/25/2020