Best Egret Poems
I watched an egret on a pond take flight
and hid as best I could against a tree,
not moving, breathless staying out of sight.
Remembering, I close my eyes and see--
the view! A sweet reward for all my pains,
it flew with whooshing wings right over me!
Today, the tree is gone. The pond remains.
Sometimes I walk the trail and feel an ache,
to see an egret lest the mem’ry wane.
Much older now, I know the risk I take,
and yet, I come alone before first light
to hear the sounds of nature as it wakes
and maybe watch an egret taking flight.
1/8/2022
Flowers have that novel effect on schism,
where the uniqueness of its design forms
compare that White Egret Orchid performs
like its namesake, chicken or the egg, ism
being afloat plume or the blooming grews.
Soggy-bottom boys and girls 'tis they want
of this bit of a ground-hugger-like haunt.
Sophistication hails for untamed shrews
attracts from up or a transferred potter,
with a metal device tool like a pick,
the gifted angular, pruning, technique,
lauds the fringed orchid, White Egret Flower.
Monkey Face Orchid, to Yulan Pink Birds,
venture advances, the future ... occurs.
Knee-deep in flowing, verdant grass
near the creek beside
the hill,
a black carabao feeds on freedom,
leisurely roams
at will.
On its massive back, a delicate,
white egret
slow-dances,
the feathers of its slender neck
the morning breeze
romances!
early morning walk
breathing in salty sea air --
an egret takes flight.
9/29/16
Elegant bird of lakes
Enchanting in white plumes;
Egret twirls graceful neck
Exotic its coiled form…
Each winged movement, a glide
Endowed by nature’s art
Embodying beauty!
9/19/2016
For Kim Merryman: Pleiades E Poetry Contest
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white egret feeds on
sumptuous fare in mowed field....
collasped farm buildings
white egret flying
disappears in morning mist
ghost of moon lingers
along the shoreline
a snowy egret hunting ~
sharp beak and big feet
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April 10, 2022
Poetry/Haiku/snowy egret
Copyright Protected, ID 04-1446-876-10
All Rights Reserved, 2022, Constance La France
Written for the Standard contest, Wild Animal Haiku
sponsor, Tania Kitchin, Judged 04/18/2022
Fourth Place
the setting sun
s i l h o u e t t e s
a great white egret
in sky of marigold....
so vivid;
a portrait of grace in flight!
it's long neck,
arched;
o u t s t r e t c h e d wings....
rhythmically flapping,
flying off
to an untold destination.
look at it!
just look at it go...
up,
up,
up,
up and away!
bye bye, bird...
In a river marsh, where pondweeds and cattails grew in warm clime,
the fair girl found a tall, black egret
with whom she could have a chat;
and was it the same one that her parents rescued from the wild?
Among bulrushes taller than she actually was,
the anxious girl told that bird one of her wishes:
to hop on his back and fly as the happiest butterfly,
and find her mom whom she remembered singing a lullaby.
" Take me to my mom!" she begged the wading bird.
" Nobody ever takes me there to visit her" she exclaimed.
" She may be miles away from here...way past the blue ocean!"
He replied with little confidence, lacking a sense of emotion.
The fair girl kept on begging, until the black egret finally nodded.
" Thank you, kind bird...now let's fly and depart from this marshland!"
So the two of them ventured into a cloudy sky expecting no rainfall...
not until they had gotten there safely and heard that sweet mother's call..
The sole Egret
White against the dark marshes
On the way to school
Wet in the drizzle
Yet present each morning
It had missed the migration
So each day as we passed
My daughter Zahra would exclaim
Dad, here she is!
We had lost count until the day
It left perhaps for good
Perhaps for ill, who would know?
That morning we saw an Eagle
It was nesting nearby
Somehow I suspect
Our sole Egret didn’t migrate
You know how these things go
An Eagle chick must eat
. . . gray mist whiffs low
egret, buffalo's back
weeds green, mud black . . .
Then one day
in balmy Florida morning
on the way to school
We saw it
the sole egret in the marshes
feeding on an early worm
Yeah ... we screamed
my daughter Zahra and I
Yehoo! Yehoo! Yehoo!
Sometimes the things
that you fear the most
never actually happen
(c) mbsaaka/2021
Egret
Over still waters
Elegant as the day fades -
A pair of Egret
Barry Stebbings
Jan 2022
Photo July 2021
The great white egret
Silhouettes against the sky
It's massive wingspan, outstretched
With it's spear-like bill
It skims the water surface
Searching for a prey to stab
Best Sedoka - 577-577 Poetry Contest
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Date written and posted: 05/03/2019