DONNA HILBERT

Peninsula: Second Day of Spring

The second day of spring
big wind, big rain

the ground’s a sump
not fit for tromping

even seagulls madly flap
for purchase

in this swirl, this swamp.

What Birds

What birds are these inky V’s
against the morning sky?
I wish my camera were nearby
to capture their grand flight,
but no, just my paltry sight.

I am dismayed to look away
with only memory’s faulty room
to hold the marvel I see, and love,
but cannot praise by name.

Donna Hilbert’s latest books are Threnody, Moon Tide Press, 2022 and Gravity: New & Selected Poems, Tebot Bach, 2018. Publications include Chiron Review, Cultural Daily, Gyroscope, Sheila-Na-Gig, Rattle, Zocalo Public Square, One Art, numerous anthologies and features including The Writer’s Almanac, Lyric Life, and Writers on Writing. More at donnahilbert.com.