William Snelling
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Two poems by William Snelling
A Heron in Eastville Park, 2021 As shadowsscour the surface of the parkthe shiver of minnowskeeps him waiting by the municipal lake, austerein tufted grey and white.Swans steerin twos, then clamber, dripping, onto concrete. He livesalone in the reedy darkand never giveshimself away. He waits to make his mark on the world:a single, spreading ripple,a…