POEM: When geese should fly
October days just look like they are meant for southward flights
Oct. 13, 2026
By Sue Shaw
A Penobscot poet is scanning the October skies for the telltale V-formation of geese. Photo by Unsplash.
It looks like a day when geese should fly
Across a low October sky!
When their distant cries would merge and blend
With the roar and whistle of the wind!
It seems as though each glance should find
A ragged “V”…and in my mind
The scene’s envisioned just as clear
As it would be if they were here!
It just seems like the sort of day
When geese should beat above the bay…
And as I watch…
…my minds eye sees…
The high and distant, chatting “V”s!
—Shaw lives in Penobscot.
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