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By the Hill
Posted by: peternsz (192.168.128.---)
Date: February 10, 2022 03:42AM

By the Hill

I scattered the voices
My hearing was drowned
Before the music rose.

In the afternoon sun—
Eagles and hawks compete
For the past.

Sparrow, pigeon, wren—
We line up for the feast,
A share of the space
Beneath the clouds.

A brown, grey flight a-clatter with the wind.
The gathering takes in difference
And difference.

Relieved of pattern and yearning,
Accumulate the time,
One, two grains at once.

I lay dawn on the horizon—
It rose to touch
My share of wonder.

Come cither, chestnuts in the morning light.
Our wood is resonant with
Tune and tone.

Day flows into night...
We take the note of darkness,
Fold it around our shoulders.

Like a vibrant shadow—
The cycle of return
Makes its intermittent interference.

One blind eye is too much.
One lost soul, total waste.
We must have it all.

We may pitch our tent,
Set ourselves at ease,
Make our peace.

On the side of the hill,
The shade grows deeper,
Wider.

Wait for our comrades.
Eclipse hesitation.
Take hold of each other. Embrace!

To retrieve hawk wings for the dew.
We dive deep inside, swim
Through the yes and the no.

I have only one intuition:
For you and for me
And for the stranger
We can only hope will pause—

Every moment
Creation works
To set you free.


Re: By the Hill
Posted by: Keeper of Light (192.168.128.---)
Date: February 10, 2022 03:50AM

That last part was really good dude.


Re: By the Hill
Posted by: peternsz (192.168.128.---)
Date: February 10, 2022 08:50AM

Thanks, Keeper

Petr


Re: By the Hill
Posted by: les712 (68.116.85.---)
Date: July 10, 2021 05:30AM

One of your best, Peter.

Les


Re: By the Hill
Posted by: petersz (69.181.22.---)
Date: July 10, 2021 12:42PM

The ecology of promise seems to depend on an appreciation of all of us as a part of the solution to each of our problems. Every brown pigeon counts.

Thanks for the revival, Les.

Peter


Re: By the Hill
Posted by: UPMarty (71.87.73.---)
Date: July 13, 2021 08:31AM

I really like this, Peter. Of course, any poem that mentions pitching a tent has my vote. Funny, because just yesterday, my niece came to ask for our help because with her door open for some air, a pigeon (gray, not brown) had flown into her apartment and could not find its way out. With a net and a blanket, we were able to scoop him up, set him on the porch railing, and watch him fly back to his freedom.

Anyway, this is really a beautiful piece.

Mary


Re: By the Hill
Posted by: petersz (69.181.22.---)
Date: July 13, 2021 01:23PM

Thank you, Mary

Peter


Re: By the Hill
Posted by: frost42_24 (98.226.171.---)
Date: October 31, 2021 12:21AM

I love this, Peter.


Re: By the Hill
Posted by: UPMarty (71.86.176.---)
Date: October 31, 2021 08:33AM

Yes, Peter, this is one fine piece of writing.

Mary


Re: By the Hill
Posted by: frost42_24 (98.226.171.---)
Date: November 03, 2021 11:22PM

Peter, this is excellent.

The last stanza is the break out stanza and is perfectly placed to clench the deal.




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