The heron stalks,The boat approaches.
His head turns,One foot lifting from water.
The boat chugs forward,No sympathy there.
Wings stretch,Like the unfurling of a cloak.
He glides,Driven away.
Holly Jane Doyle
Holly Jane Doyle is a young writer from Wexford, Ireland, who developed a love for writing poetry as a young child. Influences include Ted Hughes, John Clare, and Edward Thomas, of which she shares a great interest in nature. Two of her poems were published in Stone Soup Magazine in 2023.