All winter the lilies broke through earth,
an easy winter,
splashes of snow now and then,
a few mosaics of frost,
houseflies did not know to die,
ground hogs did not know to hibernate,
everywhere great bald eagles over the Missouri,
the early caw of crows,
a grand scheme of geese,
ponds did not freeze,
and today a worm surfaced,
a robin dropped from a tree
and the wonder of life began its renovations.
| Copyright © 2020 by Michael H. Brownstein Michael H. Brownstein’s volumes of poetry, A Slipknot Into Somewhere Else and How Do We Create Love?, were published by Cholla Needles Press in 2018 & 2019, respectively. |
After a few weeks of excellent political poetry including the privative series during Black History Month, it was so very refreshing to see you are back to poetry that sings to me, a poem new poem full of so much joyful imagery.
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Thank you for the nod to “excellent political poetry,” even if it wasn’t all that “refreshing.” But very little about politics ever is refreshing, is it? Alas.
DeleteBless Michael H. Brownstein for attempting, nevertheless, to engage his art to try to change the world.
I used to write poems many years ago, but they don’t interest me much anymore. However, the two lines at the end of this poem
ReplyDeletea robin dropped from a tree
and the wonder of life began its renovations
so struck me and are so well crafted that I must comment. What a beautiful statement, to the point, with total truth to nature and the continuity of life – the whole phrasing, but in particular the word “renovations”!
I applaud you, Michael.