Michael Monroe is a poet who has been writing and reading in the Baltimore area for about 15 years. In college, he was the poetry editor for Grub Street, Towson University's literary magazine, and since then, he’s had poems published in Manorborn, Loch Raven Review, and Poet’s Ink. He’s been a member of the Zelda’s Inferno writing group and workshop since 2000 and he often does poetry readings with Gimme Shelter Productions to raise money and awareness for the homeless in Baltimore.
Winter 2009
Table of Contents - Vol. V, No. 4
Poetry Translations Non-Fiction Fiction Reviews
Michael Monroe
The Great Blue Heron
I stand at the window, a shadow,
as the heron soars down from daylight
and lands in the lake, a statue.
Perfectly still with grey-blue feathers,
his stilts leave no ripples in the water;
the world remains undisturbed.
He stands ready with stoic patience,
waiting for movement in the shallows,
striding with careful placement
until his long, graceful neck darts down
and his chopstick beak captures a fish.
He soars off, a reflection,
only the fish and me
ever knowing of his existence
as he floats effortlessly on air
towards the shore.
© Michael Monroe
