Michael R. COLLINGS' poems
have appeared in multiple print and online journals and anthologies, as well as
in several collections: A Season of Calm Weather(1974); Naked to the Sun (1985);
Dark Transformations (1990); and Matrix(1995). He teaches English at Pepperdine
University, where he also serves as Director of Creative Writing and, for the
past six years, as Poet-in-Residence. Most of his poetry deals with images from
nature, reflecting both Collings' heritage and his enduring interests.
MEADOWLARK
Brown breast-feathers link
a burnished chain of office,
circle his neck
as
Hizzonor,
Lord Mayor of
Wheatfields, stretches
sunward, pronouncing
benediction on
the spring