Typha, Sagittaria & Lophotocarpus (or, Among the Flora of a Pond)

Poetry

May 8

Typha, tall and slender,

Modest and introspect

In the shallows,

Allow the others,

Sagittaria and Lophotocarpus,

Their bright, stunning garb.

Though your features

Are plain, simple,

You see and feel

The same sky and water

As the others; though their

Arrows flash and

Threaten, you save your

Strength and calm,

Unassuming.

Then, in high winds and

Rain, the nearby

Branches shield you.

Amid the flay and scatter:

Lopho-tarius, Sagit-carpus,

You remain, Typha.

baby bird