To Pat: Poem from Å

Look at the sky and guess

what time it is

the moon is up and half

a silver coin...but

you came to pull up lines

from the Arctic Sea

to marvel at the circling sun

and be with me.

I came to touch the flesh

of admired minds

to catch in the eye

what I'd missed on the page.

The sun shines on

the moon. Maybe the riddle is for me

and I should give to you

the time of day.

Comments

[Peter Garner]

Love it. Last four lines are breathtaking.

BTW, what is that little hieroglyph at the top? Did you make it?

Hi,
Yes I did draw it but the idea came from a sketch I made in Lofoten of an icon I saw there--see next post.
Carol

[Shisa]

THIS is the most beautiful meaningful poem I know by you... which is saying something.
Glad you posted it after reading it to us so evocatively in Å.
(Life of Poet Wife of Fisherman Fireman.. alternative title)