Geese now
Geese now
racketing themselves to the south
like a surprise storm and far
to the south
and thus now – from the painting – thirty
bustling along with their quick
hot goose looks forward
or to the right or left
or dipping their necks
for a munch of green stuff
or a slurp of water – with the goose boy
still soft like a bit of dark tree behind
them
Feathers whitened
their dark
eyes intent –
tug on food slup of drink
now
now they are past – a gaggle – and
through the stream
and on
Charles Thompson has been writing poems since youth; he has had poems published in Poetry Monthly and Poetry Scotland. He has run the Lansdown Poets since 2006; they include many poets published in magazines and in their own books. He also runs the Berkeley Square Poetry Revue.