9.13.19

7:39 a.m.
49 degrees

Prevalence of quiet these days at the pond.
Owing its predators — heron, kingfisher, turtle —
normalcy has changed its look; few frogs, and the heavy rains have
deepened the pond; out in the center I see the nub of an emerald snout.

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John Stanizzi is a former New England Poet of the Year, John teaches literature at Manchester Community College in Manchester, CT. He lives with his wife, Carol, in Coventry.