Nature
Things That Grow
I like things with roots that know the earth,
Trees whose feet, nimble and brown,…
Trees whose feet, nimble and brown,…
Going for Water
The well was dry beside the door,
And so we went with pail and can…
And so we went with pail and can…
At Harvest
Earth travails,
Like a woman come to her time. The swaying corn-haulms
In the heavy…
Like a woman come to her time. The swaying corn-haulms
In the heavy…
A Sleepless Night
April, and the last of the plum blossoms
scatters on the black grass
before dawn.…
scatters on the black grass
before dawn.…
The Giant Oak
And then the sound of marching armies ‘woke
Amid the branches of the soldier oak,…
Amid the branches of the soldier oak,…