Dawn
I have seen the dawn begin With a thread of lavender Hinting, to my leafless sight, There is something more than night. I have seen the dawn begin With a sky of scarlet fire Declaring, high above each tall Leafy tree, that day is all. Whether that receiving ray Shines with great or little power […]
Supplication
God, be kind to crooked things To wrenched old trees, misshapen and awry . . . Let small birds nestle in their leaves, let rain And sunlight, and blue mercies of the sky Fall, in tender recompense for pain Upon them softly. Let their gnarled boughs know The bliss of blossoms sheltered in their shade […]
No Other Acres
No other acres of the earth I know Save through one constant window day by day And season after season. I have seen the slow Bare beauty of fields, like folded hands that pray God’s blessing on the sees they shall receive When all the young insistencies of spring Stir men once more to hope […]