Journey of the Return

scraggly bunches dip
and twirl, one direction
then another

an
organized confusion

wingtip advantage
riding each gust of wind,
gliding to ecstasy
on northern’s flight, swoop
and turn again

V-ploughing
playing chase-the-leader, a
feathered flying wedge

geese families
three squadrons strong
heading for summer

wind-chopping along

© Richard L. Provencher

First published Spring 1992
Volume Two, Number One
CUMULUS, Windspeak Press
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan
ISSN-1188-163-2