Adult Bald Eagle flying above downtown St. Paul and over the Mississippi River (Photo: Derek Bakken/Flickr CC)
On the south shoreline
of the Mississippi
in Saint Paul
one black eagle
breaks the tree line
pins down two o’clock
on the last day
of an encroaching decade
drops down like New Year’s ball
scatters river gulls
like rough confetti
over cobalt
currents
Donna Isaac, a poet and teacher, has an MFA from Hamline University. Raised in Virginia, her poems often incorporate Commonwealth landscapes as well as those of her now snowier Minnesota home. Recent publications are Tommy, a chapbook from Red Dragonfly Press; poems in the Minnesota Arboretum calendar, 2010–11; Writers Rising Up; Pisgah Review, Brevard College; and Juked. Visit her website at www.DonnaIsaacPoet.com
Eagle photo courtesy of Derek Bakken. Browse Derek's photostream on Flickr.
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