Pelicans float in a stream of reflected sky,
gorging themselves on fish
unable to escape the tide.
A burst of feathers, they exchange
amber reeds for white wings,
cutting field and sky with their scissoring.
Flight of ponderous waving wands,
a dozen conductors, chaos,
an orchestra without a song.
This poem was published in Edible Thistles
Joshua Wait studied English at UC Berkeley. He wrote his undergraduate thesis on the relationship between art and
poetry in the New York School. He received a Masters in Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. He has served in programs for children, youth, and college students, in an organization addressing climate change, and in the tech industry as a CTO. He currently divides his time between his family and his artistic practice.
