Nez Perce Creek by Cynthia Hilts

Nez Perce Creek Three great blue herons Share a patch of clover by the stream Four circling ospreys Childish peeps and fleet shadows Seventeen burning sienna dragonflies Mate, divebomb, clatter off in clusters Five steaming springs Warm the river bottom black with algae One dark knight golden eagle One last yellow butterfly One fathomless blue…