Experiment 13
Heron
Heron
Half-tide hunter
On new-swept shallows,
Lord of the ripple fringe —
Scourge of small crabs,
Flounders' nemesis
Spear plunging from the light —
Gothic warrior,
Stone-carved with your lady
In the cathedral bay —
Byzanthine king
In hieratic pose,
Keep ritual with death —
Steadily home
With an even beat
And the last of the tide.
Mark Richards.