Sustenance
Above country road,
on wires strung taut,
from pole to pole,
Red Tailed hawk balances.She bows, shoulders hunched,
primed for flight, to swoop
with talons splayed, catching
sustenance, under light of moon.
Sustenance by Jan Coulter | Sandalwood Poetry Reed Diffuser
Jan Coulter is a poet living in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada,
Writing from the heart, Jan weaves landscape into a rich tapestry, with a
considered approach to detail.
She is a retired cabinet maker, having made fine furniture in
The Arts and Crafts Tradition, for over thirty years.
Jan has been published in poetry journals and has published three books of poetry - ‘Fragments of
the Mind’, ‘Of Buckwheat and Barley’, and Tapestry.