The water at Old frog Pond Farm travels south from the Elizabeth Brook, through a culvert under Eldridge Road, fills the pond, and empties over a waterfall into wetlands that feed the Concord and Assabet Rivers.
Water Meets Water, Watercolor, 2018, Linda Hoffman
Pond Alchemy
sheets of angled rain
pierce the pond
water meets water
lily pads
host their guests
a frog and beads of water
attentive to water
a blue heron
waits —
the wise say,
‘the way of water
is to flow’
a black cormorant
grasps a snag
winging water droplets
tree swallows
pluck insects
splash of water
the wise teach,
‘water never
harms water’
weaving threads
of iridescent water
dragonflies hover.
Early Morning Pond View, June 2, 2020, Linda Hoffman