Indisputable King of the river!
DEEPLY AM I
SOUL TOUCHED!
SEEING THE SHIMMERING FLIGHT
OF THIS GAUDY AVIAN
IRIDESCENT DIVER
FLASHING BY SO MAJESTICALLY!
NO SOONER RETURNED
TO HIS WISPIEST OF BRANCHES PERCH
THAN IN A TRICE HAVING CONTEMPLATED
HIS NEXT TARGETTED PLUNGE
-IS GONE!
SPEAR SHAPING
HIS MIRACULOUSLY PLUMED BODY
HE PIERCES THE IDLING WATERS
IN A DART-LIKE SUBMERGENCE
SNATCHING HIS SILVERY FAYRE
OF UNSUSPECTING MINNOWS
O! SPECTACULARLY GLISTENING MONARCH
SHALL MY ROAD INTO THIS NIGHTS SLUMBER
BE WITH THE ACCOMPANYING MEMORY
OF SO WONDROUS A WITNESSING!
AND WHEN THE MOONCHILD OF NIGHT
HAS GIVEN UP HIS PLANETARY GAME
OF HIDE AND SEEK WITH THE GHOST OF DAWN
THERE SHALL YOU BE!
HASTILY FLITTERING TO AND FRO
UNPETURBED BY THE SPECTRAL MISTY SHROUDS
FLOATING ABOVE THE FLOWING DEPTHS
WILLINGLY AND SO GRATEFULLY
SHALL MY HEART ONCE MORE
SUCCUMB TO BEING A GUEST
OF THIS AMAZING SIGHT PERFECTED SCENE
GREATLY ENHANCED BY NATURES
ENDLESS INVITATIONS
TO SEE YOU AGAIN SWEET AVIAN
THE SO SHINING AND FINEST OF HOSTS!
TOM MERTON
Sun 23rd Feb 2025 17:19
Thanks also to the great atmospherically poeticizing
Gandalf's girl 😁 Naomi 👍