Snipe

 Written for Paul Brookes' ekphrastic challenge - one poem a day in April 2021. 

 

The art work for this day is "Snipe" by John Law

 

 

 

Snipe

 

Mottled back disguise

Tread gently on salt washed sands 

Rise like a dragon

Lie still and silent
Moon slides across morning skies

Trigger finger tight

 

Plunge your strong bill deep

Pull smoothly, your body still.
Death comes in the dawn

Tim Fellows 2021