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Patience

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Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge

© Crispina Kemp

Along the Waveney’s muddy hem,
where reeds lean in to whisper,
a ghost in white stands perfectly still ….
then steps, one dark foot into the shimmer.

No hurry here. The morning belongs
to the heron’s pale cousin,
reading the water like a slow, silver page,
while the world holds its breath by the dozen.

A dagger beak. A mirror below.
The marsh grass watching and wishing
He knows what the river knows ….
that patience is its own kind of fishing.

NAR©2026

This is “Egret’s Song” by Ben Hermanski

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #092

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16 thoughts on “Patience”

  3. Patience is a wonderful characteristic, and your poem brilliantly evokes that attribute my dear friend …

    Patiently, I Am Waiting

    Patience drifts around the clock
    Patience floats in dry-dock
    Patience hovers in transit
    Patience belies my spirit

    Patiently I walk
    Patiently I talk
    Patiently I listen
    Patiently I have forgiven

    Patience is the essence
    Patience is my sentence
    Patience is my burden
    Patience is my warden

    Patiently I wait
    Patiently I update
    Patiently I sleep
    And alone I weep

    Patiently I Compromise
    Patiently I will arise
    Patiently I mutate
    Patiently I will gravitate
    Patience commands my time
    Patience is my crime

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