{"id":10024,"date":"2023-05-03T23:32:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T23:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=10024"},"modified":"2023-12-19T15:45:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:45:16","slug":"winging-it-by-michael-waterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/winging-it-by-michael-waterson\/","title":{"rendered":"Winging It by Michael Waterson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Winging<\/h2>\n

Winging It<\/h2>\n

by Michael Waterson<\/p>\n

Whooshing past my ear on my sunup walk,
\na mockingbird mimics a bird of prey.
\nAs the bogus raptor whirls for a second swoop
\nat my head, my thoughts fly to augury.
\nIf we matter to the gods, the Stoics said,
\nthey drop us subtle signs to know their will.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve wondered at starling murmurations
\nthat seem cursive hints of a higher hand.
\nBut how can my skeptical eye throw light on
\nfleeting glyphs penned by irate fluttering?<\/p>\n

Perhaps this omen mocks my parroted songs,
\nfeatherweight intellect and flighty psyche,
\nor imparts portent from those dear departed
\nI soon will join beneath the grassy hill.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t roost long in aerie clairvoyance
\nbefore learning grounds my alary alarm:
\nThis is no dispatch from the sky that I
\nhave run afoul of some affected deity,
\nno prophet from a Plutonian shore.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s a brooding, ruffled mother, egged on
\nby my lumbering, unintended menace,
\na judgement even Marcus Aurelius\u2019
\nunflappable flock might land on.<\/p>\n

Though now demystified, my oracle
\nlifts my spirit with her audacity,
\nher affirmation of life\u2019s buoyancy,
\na pedestrian presentiment I gloss
\nas auspices this fledgling morning.<\/p>\n

Michael Waterson is a retired journalist originally from Pittsburgh PA. His career includes stints as a seasonal firefighter, San Francisco taxi driver and wine educator. He earned an MFA from Mills College. His work has appeared in numerous online and print journals, including California Quarterly, Cathexis Northwest and The Bookends Review. His information may be found at: michaelwatersonpoetry.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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