Penny Nolte

THE FISHER

Every evening
The eagle waits, watching
Hidden in the tallest tree
For the perfect time
To fish

Then it squawks
Chitters and dives in front of us
To rise, a wiggling trout in its talons
And soars away over the trees

Having approached us from the woods
A friend from town
Has stopped in to say Hi
But says instead
Did you plan that for me?

Penny Nolte is a writer, artist, and educator in Montpelier, Vermont. After taking a long break from sharing her work, it is beginning to appear in Dorothy Parker’s Ashes, Beneath the Mask, and The Writer’s Journal.

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