Neil Shepard: Local Freeze
Flat lines of black clouds
rolled over the Everglades, pelting the land with cold rain,
then, briefly, almost impossibly, hail, over the wetlands and dredged
fields, reminding us how fragile the grapefruits and oranges.
November 15, 2022 · 5 Comments
Neil Shepard: Mating Behaviors of Storks, Egrets, Humans
We’re out of love again and wandering
with other birdwatchers over the cedar shakes,
spying on spring nesting sites where great
migrations end and settle into familiar patterns
of rearing and weaning.
August 9, 2022 · 3 Comments
Neil Shepard: That Sad Clapping
applause that crushes the way the singer comes back
into the song
December 31, 2020 · 5 Comments
Neil Shepard: Seagull in a Bowl
Where gulls scavenge and float above the arcade,
Where waves break against the risings and pilings,
And the ring-toss winner sets off the dinging bell
And the girl laughs as the boy hands her a souvenir
October 22, 2020 · 6 Comments
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