By Wendy K. Mages

A gaggle of intrepid geese, in a nearly straight line, marches into the busy intersection. Traffic screeches to a halt. The geese celebrate; fanning their feathers, they gather into formation honking and preening, like a brass band in front of a reviewing stand. Cars honk back. The parade waddles on….

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Wendy K. Mages, a Mercy University Professor, is a Pushcart Prize nominee and an award-winning poet and author. She earned her doctorate in Human Development and Psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and her master’s in Theatre at Northwestern University. As a complement to her research on the effect of the arts on learning and development, she performs at storytelling events and festivals in the US and abroad. To learn more about her and her work, and to find links to her published stories and poetry, please visit https://www.mercy.edu/directory/wendy-mages