Early Evening by Mark Jodon
(Pecos, NM 2021)
I walk among cottonwoods.
They stand in prayer silence,
their bare branches raised
toward constellated heavens.
Above me, an arrowhead of geese
targets the pond, descends,
their wings spread wide to embrace
their black water host.
They glide into stillness, settle
into silence. Cattails and tall wild
grasses welcome these sojourners.
A vesper of wind whispers
quiet blessings upon its guests; and I,
standing in the shadows, fold my arms
across my chest and accept what the wind
has graciously offered.
Mark Jodon is the author of a full length collection of poetry, Day of the Speckled Trout (Transcendent Zero Press). He lives in Houston, Texas.