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Fox
She moves like lightning
crossing the road, positions
her three kits in a dense
bush and dashes noisily
off to keep our eyes on
her moving. No time
cautioning the kids
to close their eyes, she
must not be mindful
in the staggering
fright, thinks maybe
location is her wild
card, that her galloping
racket over the crusty
leaves in the Kingstown
woods will freeze us
in her direction. She
doesn't count on the
liquid flashlight gleam
in their six small eyes.
Riveted on us, they are.
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--- Michele F. Cooper
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About the author, Michele F. Cooper:
Michele F. Cooper is the first-place winner in the TallGrass Poetry Competition, second-place winner in the Galway Kinnell Poetry Competition, author of two books and numerous published poems, founding editor of the Newport Review and Crone’s Nest literary magazines, and of a chapbook series, Premier Poets. She recently won honorable mentions in the Emily Dickinson and New Millennium Poetry Competitions. Her book Posting the Watch is forthcoming from Turning Point, an imprint of WordTech. She lives on a horse farm (not hers) in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. |
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