Last Heron
A heron descends
carried by late
afternoon December
sun light toward
a fragment of lake
ice broken in sharp
reflections of empty
sky that lets go
of a last warm
wish and a bird
left behind by
those who followed
a lowering sun south
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Richard Dinges, Jr. works on his homestead beside a pond, surrounded by trees and grassland, with his wife, two dogs, two cats, and five chickens. Writer’s Block, Route 7 Review, Inscape, Nebo, and Young Ravens Literary Review most recently accepted his poems for their publications.