Confusion of Wildebeests

Noise and confusion

when wildebeests congregate

for the great migration

zebras roam along

find safety in the millions

they are coming for greener lands

from Tanzania to Kenya

across the Mara River

where crocodiles wait

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Monarch Migration

I hurried 

     from five blocks down the street

          equipped with a jar

               and father’s fishnet

so much orange

was more than I expected that August day

the white of milkweed in the field

     fluttered with brilliance of orange

          a cluster of milkweed and butterflies

two or three 

     clung to a single stem

while some rode others

     on their backs

          sun upon their wings 

and few would fly

     as they sucked a clover flower

I stood and picked

     as though they were poppies

          to fill my jar

and only when

     next to the coolness of glass

               did those wings start to pound