john tiong chunghoo - Egrets

egrets return
to a single
riverside tree
some flap,
hover in pairs

some in flocks
fly, flutter like butterflies
till each gets a spot

the tree
a bouquet
of white blooms
as the sun sets

(saw in centre of Borneo this afternoon)

john tiong chunghoo

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/egrets-2/