December 11, 2010

This day


Before the birthday
of mine
was this day
this stepping out
in new shoes
dapper, handmade outfits
on the way to the modern
world, but not quite

the timeless hymn
the same trees
in infancy
today great towers
of knowledge
arching over time
with the slow joy
in the creation of new
reasons and patterns

this day, this flicker of life
that all ancestors bear
and give along
to the next and the next

this day that could have existed
for anybody else
but didn't, was theirs,
their moment,

but is now yours.

By Shona Cole

6 comments:

  1. Lovely. Your blog is always so beautiful. Thank you.

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  2. Really neat, Shona, as always.

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  3. This was well worth the pause in my day to read it! Lovely poem!

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  4. Shona...I love this poem! Makes me think of my ancestors..and our place in line and our children's heritage.

    I love it!

    BTW, I was inspired to write a prosey poem today. I haven't posted it with my photos yet, but maybe tomorrow. It's called Before the Autumn Storm. I'm so glad you advised me to make my photos smaller, just in time for the cake decorating tutorial. If you see it, you will be glad I used smaller photos for most of it.

    Thanks for your help and your encouragement. :o)

    xo
    Donna

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  5. Powerful! Love this one!

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