Bleak Hill

photo by Mark Haley 

Rugged path, uneven steps

mark this dry bleak hill,

The cool air freshens my face
and quickens my breath,
a healthy walk
before the onslaught of welcome rain.

-Gerry@ Strummed Words


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Immortal

painting by Andrew Wyeth 

A god, a thing of marble and stone,
wants to raise leg  and thigh over the seat
of the monster machine with its eye
like a moon piercing the night.
But he fears flesh, terror, a rush of
blood to brain and fever to brow.

Which immortal seeks to become a man
even for just a moment of speed,
high feelings, a chase on a thing of metal
and steel? When he can stand
forever stonelike and invincible,
standing tall over the land?


- Gerry @ Strummed Words

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Magpie Tales: My Locked Heart

Charleston Farmhouse Door 

A heart above a metal lock

beats on, knowing full well

there is no key and the lock

is broken.

-Gerry@ Strummed Words

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A Conversation of Birds

Waking, Walking, Singing, in the Next Dimension? 1979 by Morris Graves

I have spoken to birds as a child, 

inviting them from their high perches

to land nearby where eyes

could see what my ears received, 

songs and messages that flew

through the air, its creators hidden in foliage

thick with green leaves of camouflage. 

And as an adult, I have heard them talk to me,

often in reprimand as in their dimension,

I rearranged their order and routine.

The poignancy of their sharp messages
of my flawed perceptions
was my genuine surprise.

- Gerry, Strummed Words

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The Conscientious Gardener

Lighthouse Dandelions by Jamie Wyeth 

  

A sea of dandelion starfish

 crawl on blades of green glass

and shine before the crisp silver blade

of the conscientious gardener.

- Gerry, Strummed Words

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