Year after Year

Milton Jordan

July 25, 2022

Watching the water

The Great Egret lifts slowly from the shallows;

for a moment, drops dimple the pond’s surface

and dozens of timid minnows venture

back from their hidden depth surrounding

our occasionally operative fountain.

Waiting for Water

Cracks and creases crisscross the dried mudflat

where our pond rippled and the twirling fountain

stands motionless on its exposed base.

Two Great Egrets and a Blue Heron

have harvested the once plentiful minnows.

Milton Jordan lives with Anne in Georgetown, Texas. His most recent poetry collection is A Forest for the Trees from Backroom Window Press, 2022.