F. John Sharp
Nebraska
A flock of cranes cruises
low over the dusty prairie,
elevating in time to miss
an abandoned windmill,
wing-wind spinning it briefly,
causing nearby cattle
to raise their thirsty heads
in forgotten anticipation.
F. John Sharp lives and works in Northeast Ohio, where sports teams go to die, and swears that once he saw Ned Beatty riding a bike in Marina del Ray.