Picture by my friend Peter Herman
http://www.panoramio.com/user/3072419?with_photo_id=68734690
Hauge Log Church - 1852
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
There is a spirit
Kernel wrapped in memory
Wandering the open plains
Searching for its past
Born from an archaic
Lost, almost spiritual structure
Whispering hints
Hewn from Norwegian wood
In the dawn of the sunset
Wedged between the clouds
And pastel rays
Floating on the waning breeze
Caught between a past
And yesterday’s winter
Stark branches profile
An elusive destination
Many an hour
The memory swings to and fro
A maligned zephyr
Pushed to a moment of consciousness
And then, forgotten in the twilight.
3 comments:
Hi Rob, I was so glad to see you at OSI today! Lost touch over the months, I'm subscribing to your blog today too.
Your words touched my heart. Beautiful. And what a lovely photo too.
My OSI post is over at:
www.mypoeticpath.wordpress.com
happy Sunday, G
Beautiful poem. I like the "memory swings to and fro" just like the branches do :-) And I like the dreamy sound of your poem. It goes perfect with the picture, too.
Here's mine, as URL comments are not allowed: http://phoenix-em.com/mariyakoleva/2012/03/transition-osi/
Best, M.
Hello Rob, Glad to see you at OSI after long time. How are you?
This is a very beautiful poem. Silence floats in this poem through out. I specially liked "Pushed to a moment of consciousness" It adds life to silence.
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