like
a murder of crows
sitting upon
the branches
of a barren tree,
—squawking
so
my words
rest upon
the black lines of
a white page,
—squawking
Selected by Jordan TretheweyImage Andrii Ganzevych
Michael Acker
About the Author: Michael Acker lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has lived in various parts of the world; his early education was in German and French(Munich, Germany). Mike enjoys writing short poetry, especially with the intent of exploring the possibilities latent in a single image.
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