Lake Agassiz (FWE-Home)

Form:  Palindrome or Mirror Poetry

I.       The Image

Home.

Sky touches earth,

windstorm singing,

soothing fields,

grass rippling;

wheat, like filled oceans

moving, moving;

dancing.

The spring is delicate,

hopeful.

Memories mix

breath and air;

melting snow;

hidden ponds, ancient footprints.

Nothing lost.

Long paths, dimpled hills

deep rivers

always north, moonlight spraying,

abundant suns.

Walking.

Few words—many thoughts.

Dancing.

Joy hiding, hiding

crying  like wind

retuning...

Home.

II. The Reflection

Home.

Returning.

Wind like crying,

hiding, hiding

joy.

Dancing.

Thoughts many, words few;

walking…

Suns abundant.

Spraying moonlight,

north, always.

Rivers deep, hills dimpled,

paths long.

Lost nothing!

Footprints ancient,

ponds hidden;

snow melting.

Air and breath,

mix memories.

Hopeful.

Delicate is spring,

the dancing,

moving, moving:

oceans filled like wheat rippling.

Grass fields.

Soothing,

singing windstorm.

Earth touches sky…

Home.

FWE—Home Sweet Home—celebrating former good times and memories in North Dakota.

Comments: 5

A. F. Stewart May 15, 2011, 8:47am UTC

Fascinating, haunting and picturesque.

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william d. May 15, 2011, 10:32am UTC

Quite enjoyable. Thank you very much.

Bridget McNulty Jun 2, 2011, 2:19pm UTC

North Dakota is beautiful...just like the part of Montana I am originally from is. They are basically the same prairie landscape where the sky really does touch the wheat fields, golden and waving in the failing august light when days get shorter and winter gets closer. A lovely image, thank you.

Ann Marcaida Jun 2, 2011, 2:32pm UTC

I love the way you put the narrator's emotion into the landscape in the second half. Your work in the poetic equivalent of Jan Troell's film series The Emigrants

We miss you at GB-- send some of your work our way!

Sheila Deeth Jun 7, 2011, 5:44pm UTC

Mixed memories--love the way this reflects (in both senses of the word).

Lake Agassiz (FWE-Home)

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