Wednesday 21 September 2016

tanka

young grey heron
struggles to swallow
the flat fish -
how long it takes to perfect
the skills of adulthood

3 comments:

Simon Douglas Thompson said...

No flatties for them round here - I'd imagine they'll take flounder on the coast.

Crafty Green Poet said...

This heron was on the coast and it probably was a flounder too... it was quite an epic struggle

Magyar said...

__ Here, they have far less trouble with Yellow Perch_!

moving conduit
that lump in the great blue's throat
one more step

_m