Eric Greinke
has produced nine poetry collections, most recently
Up North
(with Harry Smith, Presa Press, 2006). A lengthy article about his work (
Eric Greinke: An Overview
by Hugh Fox) appeared in Iconoclast #93 (2006). Last year, his poems appeared in
many literary magazines,
including
Free Verse, Ibbetson St., Iconoclast, The Pedestal & Wilderness
House Literary Review.
Visit his web site at
www.ericgreinke.com.
Eric Greinke
Dilemma
A broad-tailed hawk is using our winter bird feeder for
bait. Yesterday, we watched while it plucked grey
feathers from a song sparrow & ate her. We grieved
for the sparrow, feared for the chickadees & the two
sets of cardinal mates.
You urged me to shoot it, but wouldn't we hate to see
the hawk starve just as much? Frozen in ambivalence,
I wait, not sure what I'll do if I see red down floating
on a cold wind.
