Some poetry

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=105 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="209bf761ezvthe.jpg"> <div> <B>   </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66CCCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Nature and Spirit   </B></FONT><B>|   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spirit and Nature_Alan Lorefice"><U><B>home </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>          </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Some poetry</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id151.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sculpture"><U>Sculpture</U></A><B>                                                                                                                                                                                             </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Artwork"><U><B>Other Artwork</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6662f2e0.jpg" border=0 width="47" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=375 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div>              <B>Love    </B>           </div> <bR> <div> Three sides of beauty in you I see,</div> <bR> <div> the crocus risen above winter's sleep</div> <div> the blazing path of lightenings leap</div> <div> the ocean's quiet currents deep.</div> <bR> <div> In answer I can't but wish to be,</div> <bR> <div> the rainsoaked mountains muffled hush,</div> <div> the straining heart of a stallion's rush,</div> <div> and starfilled sky's  eternity </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>River</B></div> <bR> <div> Calling into river's wind</div> <div> waves wash in again</div> <div> No concepts here.</div> <bR> <div> Even glints of sky </div> <div> empty of the elements </div> <div> leave this day the same</div> <bR> <div> Dark green beyond grey </div> <div> brown ends in between</div> <div> then green smudge on the rock</div> <div> where moist bark holds the air</div> <bR> <div> <B>Roots</B></div> <bR> <div> roots of the path</div> <div> shadows under trees</div> <div> why not deep?</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Boat Wake</B></div> <bR> <div> White froth</div> <div> dark line</div> <div> sound after sound</div> <div> faster and faster</div> <div> then quietly gone</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Fish</B></div> <bR> <div> Sharp smell</div> <div> fish that was</div> <div> life complete feeds life upon</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Driftwood</B></div> <bR> <div> Delicious sodden wood</div> <div> Shadow soft and pale</div> <div> shore pebble chaos out beneath</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Her Path Forth</B></div> <bR> <div> Bearing the burden</div> <div> great circle closes </div> <div> for hearts that yearn </div> <div> for union and home.</div> <bR> <div> Goldenrod blooms</div> <div> on the fields of the hillside</div> <div> above grasses that wave upon</div> <div> chestnut brown earth.</div> <bR> <div> When dark clouds of parting </div> <div> dim all of these things,</div> <div> still the earth still remains </div> <div> to sustain and support. </div> <bR> <div> Love.</div> <bR> <div> No forces can quell Love</div> <div> yet none can compel it</div> <div> No prison enclose it</div> <div> Nor distraction depose it.</div> <bR> <div> Save doubt.</div> <bR> <div> Please then</div> <div>         my dearest </div> <div>                 rest easy.</div> <bR> <div> Upon  threshold of Love,</div> <div> The wildflowers grow,</div> <div> strewn with bright  hope</div> <div> and  future of promise.</div> <bR> <div> please click here for an illustrated version of <A HREF="id201.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Her Path Forth"><U>Her Path Forth</U></A>.</div> <div> <B>Butterfly   </B></div> <bR> <div> You flew just past me</div> <div> in that funny wobbling way you have</div> <div> and my heart rose</div> <div> above the sameness of the day</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Your slight form borne high</div> <div> on bits of color  that once rent </div> <div> a single tear </div> <div> cannot repair again.                         </div> <bR> <div> And yet,</div> <bR> <div> You flew </div> <div> swift and determined.</div> <div> past  seas of windswept rage</div> <div> through stress and cold and endless nights</div> <div> to seek another place.</div> <bR> <div> In human life</div> <div> Strength and right </div> <div> so oft measured</div> <div> in angry look and cruel laugh </div> <div> cleverly concealed unkindness</div> <div> veiled threats</div> <div> and disapproval.</div> <bR> <div> Human will misused</div> <div> each creation not lost</div> <div> Dark energy grows </div> <div> To build and build  </div> <div> then to become </div> <bR> <div> the roar of shattering glass </div> <div> and choking crushing rending shock</div> <div> As winged metal</div> <div>  hisses through exploding air to tear</div> <div>  innocent life from family, friends and home.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> But I look at you and learn</div> <div> it is not weak </div> <div> to be gentle</div> <bR> <div> And my hope </div> <div> and love</div> <div> grow brighter      </div> <div> with steadfast resolve.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> (I haven't  the picture that will  illustrate this one yet.)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Little Light</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  Little light on the wing</div> <div> flying through the night</div> <div> you fly away to places far</div> <div> and then come back again</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Great metal bird above the dawn</div> <div>  engines blow through thickened clouds</div> <div> beneath long wings a few feet wide</div> <div>  that stretch through space both wide and vast</div> <div> to very tips</div> <div> And you.</div> <bR> <div> In day on earth none notice you,</div> <div> way out upon the end,</div> <div> except perhaps a curious child</div> <div>  or member of ground crew</div> <bR> <div> But in dark freezing heights</div> <div> where steel holds in the breath</div> <div> within your depths a blazing light</div> <div> shines across the miles.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> It carries your purpose.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> For you define the end of things,</div> <div> between what is and what is not,</div> <div> and through all dark obscurity,</div> <div> you signal :</div> <bR> <div> We are here.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> please click here for an illustrated version of <A HREF="id311.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Little Light"><U>Little Light</U></A>.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>