Cygnus buccinator

It  was  approximately this time last year when my farther and I ventured out to the Severn river, where a family of Trumpeter Swans had been reported  spending time in the open water current. We were well back of the river and just off the highway. Being careful not to get hit by the cruising tractor trailers, we were able to get a few respectable images!

My glass swan swims upon,

a placid, quiet lake.

Its fragile wings are spread apart,

how gracious its mistake

To glide across the iced, still pool

that never holds a wave

And float forever stagnantly

upon its staidness saved.

The beauty and the calmness there,

within this ideal dream,

Rest forever, kept within,

the sameness of its stream.

~ Linda A. Copp