Summer 2020
American crow, American coot, American black duck,
American bittern.
American white pelican.
Black swift, black storm-petrel.
Black-necked stilt, black-capped gnatcatcher.
Black-crowned night-heron.
American white pelican.
Black-and-white warbler, American golden-plover,
American goldfinch.
Blue mockingbird,
American white pelican.
American white pelican,
American white pelican,
American white pelican.
American redstart.
American purple gallinule?
Resplendent quetzal?
Flamingo, flamingo, flamingo, flamingo!
R.C. Hoerter is a poet and writer in Carrboro, North Carolina, the Paris of the Piedmont. He earned his MFA from Colorado State University, where he won an AWP Intro Journals Award. His work has appeared most recently in The Mountain, an anthology from Middle Creek Publishing.
