islands of

flat ice

water rotate

drifting

down coast

a pair of

goldeneyes

whir and skim

the surface

legs folded

in arms in

arms folded

the sweetest

drop of human

honey—this

gift

the giving

and the drift

in calm

thawing light

Jonathan Skinner will read at

the Church on Saturday, May 20 as part of the tribute to

Robert Creeley.