Council Grove: Five Swallows
By Denise Low
Crammed into a mud-daubed
nest, under white-
board eaves:
ten eyes -- onyx
beads -- ten identical
eye-stripes,
miniature wings
enfold
into collapsed umbrellas.
Above Victorian houses
kite-
winged shadows
dip into river
rise into sky
with insect prizes
arrow into wind
return
and return again.
-- Denise Low teaches at Haskell Indian Nations University. Poet's Showcase features work by area poets. Submit your poetry via e-mail to mpaget@ljworld.com or send typewritten submissions to Mindie Paget, 645 N.H., Lawrence 66044, attn: Poet's Showcase.
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