Ducks for peace

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View of Malletts Bay (part of Lake Champlain) from Bayside Park near the center of Colchester. Vt., home of St. Michael’s College.

View of Malletts Bay (part of Lake Champlain) from Bayside Park near the center of Colchester. Vt., home of St. Michael’s College.

‘'Now she’s mesmerized by a duck & drake

teaching paddling, oblivious fledgling

how to play follow-the-leader.

A peace sign spreads in their wake.’’

From “A Wake on Lake Champlain,’’ by Greg Delanty, an Irish-born American poet who lives in Burlington, Vt., and teaches at nearby Michael’s College.