for what it’s worth the water flows
pausing in winter only on the surface
always singing underneath
while slipping headlong over stones
turned soft as green moss
by the wet kiss of a fluid element
that’s come to wear them down
round them off and smooth them
freeing them from that stony silence
that pretends to be beyond death
giving them the chance to
celebrate a mountain stream and
sing the intermingling
The Cry of a Loon was published by The Star and printed by Cottonwood Press in Stevensville, Montana. It was edited by Victoria Howell and illustrated Jack Eppinga.
The booklet contains 22 poems and retails for $17.