That Moment in Mackerel Sky

 

You were there in Mackerel Sky

On thermal uplift under Osprey’s eye

The droplet dew on dangling web

The unfurling fern

 Wave’s surge the ebb

The clang of bell as buoy tilts

The crickets cheer  

 Autumn olive wilts

And long tawny grasses-they whisper and wave

And short shadows remain still but for a moment

In Mackerel Sky