Ingrid Bruck is wild flower gardener and a poet inspired by nature. She lives in Amish country in Pennsylvania. This site shocases selected works by her.

Ithaca Waterfall – Published by: panoplyzine, Issue 26 – Winter 2024

Ithaca Waterfall

We walk on bedrock
up a gorge in Ithaca
to the waterfall,
the hard surface
in the pattern
of a running creek.

At the waterfall’s base,
an open clearing spreads
like a stone cathedral
where crystal tendrils
cascade in a drumroll.

Water carved rocks,
flat, rounded, all different sizes,
lay scattered around the floor.
Visitors collect & stack them,
balance flat rock on flat rock
in mounds and cairns.

Sentinel towers stand
in sun, rain and snow.
Shadows stippling the gorge
wait for the next flood.

https://panoplyzine.com/ithaca-waterfall-by-ingrid-bruck/

Date Published: January 13, 2024

Ithaca Waterfall-Published by: Editor Choice of Panoplyzine: March 1-7, 2024

Bright Blue Sky, After Tropical Storm Ophelia & Wayward - Published by: Verse-Virtual, Vol 10, No 12