tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451564884266007400.post3440041285161018495..comments2024-01-20T15:52:52.580-08:00Comments on A poem a day: The Bay - James K. BaxterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451564884266007400.post-75501859171069214792021-10-10T09:05:32.211-07:002021-10-10T09:05:32.211-07:00wut
wut<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451564884266007400.post-5743703773839736912020-11-05T23:29:43.630-08:002020-11-05T23:29:43.630-08:00wut?wut?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785043696052701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451564884266007400.post-8193111916062866932016-01-05T22:20:19.147-08:002016-01-05T22:20:19.147-08:00It is tattered and worn
hardly fit to keep out the...It is tattered and worn<br />hardly fit to keep out the cold or shade from the sun,<br />never the less,<br />I wrap you in my cloak.<br />It does not hold the promise of the world’s heat<br />it will not turn bullet or dagger<br />its shape will not even answer those who swagger.<br />it is a poor cut,<br />home spun,<br />patched work, semblance of sense.<br />Crafted through the knotting hands<br />of an unkind story.<br />You may wear it if you will<br />a simple garment<br />the best I have<br />fit for your glory.<br />Oh I wish I could sing to the bay<br />with the sound of a child's voice <br />piping in the spring.<br />Sounds to finger the old cold,<br />cracking it like a frost <br />kissed by the sun<br />turning new light into a growing furrow <br />on a mist kissed Morning.<br />Oh I wish I could sing to the bay<br />of caressing soft sand and pines whispering<br />surf kissing the shore with the chime of quiet starlight<br />cradling the moon of passing night<br />black but an eddy in a moment of returning light.<br />Oh I wish I could sing to the bay<br />of the taste of pure dew distilled<br />crisp as blood <br />red on the sun's rising<br />touching the growing tip of life<br />a passion for the moment <br />staying<br />still and standing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01258559535912155629noreply@blogger.com