Ion Corcos has been published in The High Window, Australian Poetry Journal, Allegro, Panoply, and other journals. Ion is a nature lover and a supporter of animal rights. He is currently travelling indefinitely with his partner, Lisa. His first pamphlet, A Spoon of Honey (Flutter Press, 2018), is out now.
Mallard
Blue-green head
dips into still water; pointed tail
upended, red flippers
kick fast in the air;
underwater
the mallard sifts seeds,
hooks a tadpole with a barb
at the tip of its bill.
It tilts back to resurface,
chestnut breast,
white collar round its neck;
tilts its tail further,
pushes upright
extends its broad wings
bares an iridescent patch,
the blue of dusk sky.
Ion Corcos
