Wing Stroke
Vincent Hostak
August 25, 2024
Under broomsedge stalks,
the few shadows cast on the wide savannah,
where squirrels struggle to find them,
field crickets resume their rehearsals.
A wing stroke, a nudge
of tiny files worn from a season’s chirping,
bow hairs grazing threadbare strings
coax barely a whisper at daybreak.
Into reddening night
the long songs linger, the conjuration of
a partner their lone souls’ work
measure after determined measure.
Sound and echoes make
a rare harmony of song and its return,
living only a few seconds, yet
even at rest still singing to us.
Vincent Hostak is a writer and media producer from Texas now living near the Front Range of Colorado south of Denver. His recently published poems are found in the journals Sonder Midwest and the Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas and as a contributor to the TPA. He writes & produces the podcast: Crossings-the Refugee Experience in America.
