Poet’s Showcase: ‘White Egrets’
‘covered the Wetlands like snow,
like snow,
before white feathers in hats
became high fashion for women,
and egret feathers were worth more
than gold.
A few white egrets return each year,
ghosts that whisper,
Kill us
and you kill yourselves.
No one’s listening.
— Brian Daldorph lives in Lawrence.