SHAPES IN THE DAWN
                 
Soft lake waters
   exhale             
faint blues    where
the    solitary male mallard     swims
               examining
        the empty sky   
              the immense lake.
                                 

About the Author
Judith Cody, poet, writer and photographer has a poem in the Smithsonian Institute’s permanent collection, has won national awards and honors from The Atlantic, Amelia, Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition, Robert Frost Foundation’s Director’s Shortlist, was nominated for a “Best of the Net” award, she’s published in over 160 journals. She edited a PEN Oakland anthology, was Editor-in-Chief of the first “Resource Guide on Women in Music”. One of her poems was chosen from a world selection by the Norton Center for the Arts for a year-long gallery exhibit. Books include: “Garden On An Alien Star System”, the internationally noted “Vivian
Fine: A Bio-Bibliography”, “Eight Frames Eight”, and in photography Cody’s
World War Two “B-17 Photo Essays” rank number one in the world on Google out of
about two hundred billion. http://www.judithcody.com