Like a heathen, I let the sun warm me awake And thought of Donne but rose alone To wander a wooded lane well-dressed with summer sun In silence broken by bird call But no soul to break my fast. The wind walked lightly in treetops Gossiping of nature things And rabbits guarding the brush edgesContinue reading “Like a Heathen”
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The Awakening
Do you smell it? Be still in the warming sun. Smell the North forest Stretch out of its long dark nap To the rising birdsong that will not still. Let it drag you too from the damp chill, This primal aroma of the midyear solstice. A soul’s awakening for us all— Gaia’s children drawing strengthContinue reading “The Awakening”
Table
Joy is in the wheeling gulls at play above the surf. Peace is in the quilt of sun laid across the day. Bliss to feel the sun and hear the waves. Bliss to watch the flags flap, flap in lazy fits. In company of idlers, malingerers us all, Sipping drafts of beauty unbridled, With timeContinue reading “Table”
RootsRewound 