In secure formation
Pelicans in flight flap, measured,
cruising above the green south foreshore:
winging to the calmness of the river Swan
forging, head to tail through the hazy sky.
The lucid blue-mirrored plate beckons.
They turn in the rich mist above the placid water
making their long low slow glide,
their feet unfold, peeling the luminous surface.
In the chill currents, placid waters give back
cracked reflections.