The Swan

All angular beauty
and ruffled lines
curious in approach
white breasted downy apparition

Closer to your beauty
than before; allowed approach
a temple of wonder
your unique glory

Poetry by Geraldine Moorkens Byrne

**picture took today at Sterling State Park in Newport, MI. I was lucky enough to get very close to this gorgeous creature, while out hiking with my camera. The swan had stopped to clean itself and relax......I rarely see them standing like this, and got quite a few shots of the animal. At this point, the swan was making it's trumpet call and reaching toward the sky....I am amazed by nature and animals so often, and love being able to capture it with my lens.