Homecoming by Teresa McLamb Blackmon
A front porch offers an artist’s view
of Canada geese.
The geese return every year, unannounced
but expected just the same.
They approach with thin legs and webbed feet
extended until they slide into slow ripples.
They have no baggage and only enough room
but to fly, graze and tickle the muddy waters
No reservations required, no suitcase to pack or unpack.
No airports to navigate. They fly first class, flapping wings.
We wonder how they find their way back to our pond,
recognizing them as our next of kin.
Teresa McLamb Blackmon is a retired English teacher and librarian. She received her MA at N. C. State University. Blackmon lives on a farm in eastern North Carolina.