TODAY’S KAYAK
As we put in our three boats
We feel the first few drops.
It is too warm for raincoats
So we push brashly off.
Across the lily-padded cove
A hectored heron flies
Harassed by a persistent crow
With persecution on his mind.
The large dark cloud above us
Then looses its watery freight
And soon has sprinkled upon us,
Refreshing on this hot day.
Undaunted, we paddle onward
Along the reedy marsh
Hearing children’s voices behind us
From the camp whose beach we passed.
At the island we turn back landward.
Damp but happy we’ll head homeward.
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