Harris Tobias’ most recent poem to appear here was Trumpets (March 2012).

The Pond
By Harris Tobias

There is a green furze upon the trees across the pond
The ducks are courting, their ritual old as Spring
An awakening, no doubt about it
An abundant fecundity of buds
Tadpoles fill the shallows
Beyond them swim the fry
The pond bubbles with abundance
Pregnant with new life
Some of it will live to see tomorrow
Much of it will die