[New-Poetry] & Frogs

[JforJames at aol.com]

The Poets Agree to Be Quiet by the Swamp   
They hold their hands over their  mouths 
And stare at the stretch of  water. 
What can be said has been said before:   
Strokes of light like herons' legs in the  cattails, 
Mud underneath, frogs lying even deeper.   
Therefore, the poets may keep quiet.   
But the corners of their mouths grin past their hands.   
They stick their elbows out into the evening,   
Stoop, and begin the ancient  croaking. 
-  David Wagoner, Collected Poems 1956-1976



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