Ducks for peace
View of Malletts Bay (part of Lake Champlain) from Bayside Park near the center of Colchester. Vt., home of St. Michael’s College.
‘'Now she’s mesmerized by a duck & drake
teaching paddling, oblivious fledgling
how to play follow-the-leader.
A peace sign spreads in their wake.’’
From “A Wake on Lake Champlain,’’ by Greg Delanty, an Irish-born American poet who lives in Burlington, Vt., and teaches at nearby Michael’s College.