A slight wrinkle on the pond as he said
all that's left of this life is what remains
for the next three redwings motionless now
atop cattails are match tips soon enough
to strike out this evening on one black flame
Physics of the Breeze
David Baker
David Baker is the author, most recently, of Whale Fall and Swift: New and Selected Poems. He edits the annual eco-poetry feature “Nature’s Nature” for The Kenyon Review and lives in Granville, Ohio.
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