Two Writing Teachers Slice of Life March Challenge
I’ve had a poem accepted for publication in the journal, the Aurorean. My poem is titled, “Aubade to a Tulip.” The journal is currently taking pre-orders at this link.
Years ago I submitted to the Aurorean and was published in the Fall/ Winter 2009-2010 issue with the following poem.
December 27th: Putting the Old Dog Down
On this cloudy humid morning I watch
a great blue heron swoop toward the bayou.
He jumps in like a child in summer,
emerges with the catch of the day.
Standing on the bulkhead, he swallows
the fish whole, looks left then right,
rises–his blue wing-tips all the bluer.Fog lifts over the road to the vet’s office.
Wrapped in a shred of flannel sheet,
I hold her close, look into eyes of trust
while the poison needles in.
I let her go.The camellia’s first blossoms blanket
the lawn in pink, resurrection fern fans the air.Margaret Simon (c) 2010
I am grateful to the Aurorean’s editor Cynthia Brackett-Vincent for placing her trust in me as a poet and once again giving wings to one of my poems.
Bayou Teche blue heron, photo by Margaret Simon
Reflections on the Teche 