Mallard by Ion Corcos

Ion Corcos has been published in The High Window, Australian Poetry Journal, AllegroPanoply, 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

 

 

 

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