Sketchbook  Trish Shields, CA    2

 

 

Masquerade heralds for the coming freeze trumpeters stalk the stalks stubble from a summer's bounty fodder for the season's cold geese mingle yet keep their distance poor cousins to the stately swan humble squire amongst the noblemen dip and parry slip and tarry black and brown outnumber white minions with waste coats attending highborn at a masquerade masking only perceived beauty both aviary squadrons survivors in the annual splendor of winter

 

 

swans walk the field unmindful of harsh weather— paragons     early winter cygnets huddle in white for warmth     high winds blow— swans huddle in banks of white and black

 

 

early winter— crowds of swans peck at the stubble

 

 

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