Engrossed
time among books—
my dinner by and by
gone with the ants
Contemplative poems
Contemplative poems — a collection of the best works on PoemShip.
In the coalfields
This mine I work
and break upon—
we pray for it.
The weather is
as warm as an ear
after a day of music.
Homeless man in the news
morning paper—
my afternoon bed
covers me
Budding scientist
I begin to learn
how a good experiment
is a mystery play,
a game I have my head
free to be troubled by.
And I am one.
Laying plans
a rose on ice
the children go away
to school tomorrow
Mountain state (1)
High in the mountains
one hayfield remains uncut.
A doe’s ear twitches.
Bed of the Dry Fork
scored for tic-tac-toe: water fills all
the squares with zero.
Camp at the woods’ edge.
Morning sun brings rhododendrons
into your tent.
Steep banks, big boulders,
pools – everything but otters
in Otter Creek.
At Dolly Sods
when the wind slows down, it’s delicious:
wild azaleas.
When they cut the forest,
Gambler’s wife
her nose in sleep
is young again
late-night cards
Onward Christian soldiers
Lord’s day
and I mine with my pen
no time for war
Winter reunion
home all at home
an afternoon
of ice
Mandala
ordinary morning
the sand painter begins
to study time
Harbor
I walk with my old dog
to see a seal—
no words all our way home
Broadcast
dead air—
the opera and I both
out of time
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