Open Poetry #49 |
Nights Such as This |
secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
Nights Such as This long tree-shadows dance in the setting sun. silently, almost imperceptibly the day and summer slip away. a cool-fresh pine fragrance rides the twilight breeze mingling with clouds and stars. there is no human truth so pure as a mountain forest on the cusp of Autumn. All the universe and eternity turn on this moment. if only the moon were not wordless what a deep-time story she could tell of grand-immortal nights such as this. --- b. e. adams (Oct. 3, 2015) |
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Ticklefingers Senior Member Posts 710 Louisiana |
I shouldn't concern myself for a moon that can't speak of a nights' splendor. The moon has no better spokesman then yourself poet. 88's friend She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast". |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
thank you! If most Americans were seriously exposed to poetry and "Deep-Time" geology in the educational system, perhaps they would not have the typical 'knee-jerk' distaste for poetry and would also evolve a natural inclination toward appreciation, respect, and stewardship of Gaia (Nature)?! The Peace of Wild Things BY WENDELL BERRY When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. |
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Ticklefingers Senior Member Posts 710 Louisiana |
While I do not despair for the 'world' (I have faith in its restoration in time), I do "rest in the grace of it" and I do feel free...finally. Thanks for the lovely read of this most inspiring poem of Berry's. 88's friend She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast". |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
you are most welcome ... he is always seriously 'inspirational' |
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