BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
QUINTESSENCE
Robert A. Woodall
A miller’s wheel beside the stream
to catch a waterfall
Is all that tells the fields around
were once, with grain, grown tall.
Now asphalt intercepts the rain
and sun and wind-spread seed.
There’s no place left for nature here,
we had a greater need.
For concrete, plastic, glass, and steel,
a million feet of board.
Machinery fills the valley now
where once the eagle soared.
Is heaven gone, the garden lost,
or someday will we see
Wild flowers grow and birds renew
their song of praise for Thee?
ADDITIONAL READING:
IT WAS MEANT TO BE: A Meeting with Travelers from the Netherlands
I BELIEVE GOD INVENTED DANCING
THE CORPSE FLOWER (Amorphophallus titanum)—A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING-Is in Bloom
RAINBOW’S END Part 1
FAITH THROWN OVERBOARD
THE LEGACY FROM MY EDITORS
DOES EXAGGERATING THE TRUTH CREATE GOOD STORIES?
Robert,
I am very impressed with your QUINTESSENCE poem. It really speaks to me of Nature Lost….I’m deep down inside a country boy. I wondering if you listen to Neil Young? If not maybe you should because his “words of verse put to music” tells the tale of this poems and your others. My heritage has so much to do with American Indian, and the Celtic Nature of the Scotts and Irish, so I need those walks in the woods to revitalize my spirit. This Quintessence Poem of your feels to me like a walk in the woods.
Be interested in your take on my words of verse, so drop me a e-mail so I can send you one or two.
The Photodoctor
Comment by The Photodoctor — October 16, 2008 @ 6:11 pm |
The Photodoctor Robert, unfortunately, cannot reply. He is suffering from something like Parkinson’s disease and is in a nursing home. His wife has authorized the BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE to post his poetry, from his collection, on occasion. I will give his wife a copy of your comment (but she doens’t do email, either). Carolyn
Comment by beanerywriters — October 18, 2008 @ 1:24 pm |
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