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# Swan Lake
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/swan-lake/
- Published: 2021-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: A shimmer of the alpine lake reflects her alabaster down. Her perfect neck, though, wears no crown; an instinct tells her what’s at stake.
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

A shimmer of the alpine lake  
reflects her alabaster down.  
Her perfect neck, though, wears no crown;  
an instinct tells her what’s at stake.

A moment, and she’s poised to fly.  
Her angel wings respond in kind;  
beat mightily, but from the blind  
a shotgun intercepts the sky.

She struggles for a beat or two,  
still climbing as if hope remains.  
The effort coursing through her veins.  
Soon she might make it out of view!

But then she falls, no more ballet;  
no swan to grace the alpine lake.  
Blood gushes out in a red spray  
and forms new ripples for her wake

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**Author notes:** wc 102 image from Pinterest https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784287-Fantasy-1025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNQFB0TDfY