Jan Shoemaker – September 2020

Visitation

Today I saw a pileated woodpecker,
several years ago an owl
an egret just the other day
browsing the bed of a pond.
They come like guests
to the wrong front porch,
meant to meet someone
preparing for them.
I open the door
and wave them in
with nothing to offer
but awe.

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