Meaty topics are best explored by hacking them to pieces in the form of questions and poems. Here are a few. Enjoy.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Shepherd's Tunic
I know the white path of cold
in my hands, the way
ice melts off the fingers--
the way ice melts
off the stem nubs of daffodils
who arrive too early
in the Spring in faith that
warm sun will crest the rise
and risk its own fragility
to birth new fog.
I also know the dew
who rises from its day
and dissolves all hints
of change until
no trace of change remains.
I think about the urge
of unfinished fields
rough sawn like farm wood,
slow learning fences,
late snow piled in the shade,
neighbor children wandering
out of their designated place
beyond their designated age.
This work is a
loaded wooden shelf
bent heavy with books,
a bare-made wooden boat
lined with scattered words,
a herder lined with solitude
and long woolen coats
and dogs running the hills
over ruts made of iron wheels,
the swing of ample sheep gates,
clay bowls made of warmth
full of strong careful soup
and gentle flesh-like curves
of all the hills never found.
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