Of Some Renown
For some time now, I have
lived anonymously. No one
appears to think it odd.
They think the old are,
well, what they seem. Yet
see that great egret
at the marsh's edge, solitary,
still? Mere pretense
that stillness. His silence is
a lie. In his own pond he is
of some renown, a stalker,
a catcher of fish. Watch him.
Copyright Credit: Reprinted from Passager, 2001 by permission of the author. Copyright © 2001 by Jean L. Connor whose first book of poetry Books, Baltimore.
Source: 2001