The Whooper.

Gliding pure white
and noble
across reflective
sun dazzled waters
your graceful poise and
trumpeting whoops
signalling
your presence
for a brief
winter solstice,
before you raise
your elegant neck,
tilt your buttery
yellow bill
to the sky
and in a
flurry of feathers
& a watery
webbed paddle
take flight to
begin
yet another
epic
journey.