BELOW THE CREST
Below the crest
a brown land stretched,
no trees or any fauna caught the eye.
Held in this time I let the scene dissolve,
replaced by forests, swamps and life
in my imagination.
No man was on the earth that could betray
the system’s great ecology,
but die it did,
and all the creatures too,
so many million years ago.
How arrogant are we to think this earth,
this eloquent creation,
will dance upon our tune?
This is our time, no doubt,
and man’s existence will bequeath a record
just like those fossil bones of megasaurs
who walked upon this ground
long before we existed.
©Deanne Lister
18th August 2013
On the jump-up near Winton
LOOKING FOR BUSTARDS
Alone, but not alone,
I am the earth, the trees,
the warm soft breeze
in this fantastic place.
The silence has a voice
that lifts my soul
to soar in golden rays
exulting in the joy
of simply being.
©Deanne Lister
14th August 2013
Walking at the end of a small airfield deep in the country just outside Townsville
4 Comments
Judy
8/17/2013 05:13:30 pm
What lovely poems, Dee. I know exactly how you feel, particularly at the jump-up near Winton. I, too, felt that same sense of awe, of the smallness of the human species and the inevitability of decay - all of which are very well captured in your poem. Judy
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Lyn Browne
8/26/2013 11:49:24 pm
Dee - how I agree with the sentiment behind 'Below the Crest', and I have enjoyed that feeling of looking down on the landscape, as though seeing, or trying to see, the bigger picture. And I like the construction, the rhymes and half-rhymes work well.
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Dee
9/9/2013 05:24:26 pm
that the earth can speak very well for itself!
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Dee
9/9/2013 05:33:22 pm
Hi Lyn, It seems the first part of my reply to you disappeared into the ether. It's this new computer I'm trying to get used to! Please note new email address. I was agreeing with you that "in my imagination" could be deleted as well as "long before we existed", but "this eloquent creation" says what it (and I) want to say. Hope this gets through this time! love, Dee
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