Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Floating Beauty. Suddenly a green irridescent head Appears on a once empty, still pond. The glowing color is accompanied By a camophlaged, brown partner. Watching patiently, a creasted, Magnificient head glides into the open. This one is also accompanied With a brown partner, But, different, with large, light eyerings. What has been revealed Are a wonderful pair of Mallards, Companiened with perhaps The most beautiful of all ducks, A pair of our Wood Ducks in the genus Aix, Related only to the alternatively Incredible Mandarin of China! Frank Maurer 22 March 2024 1030 Hours.