
“Autumn Evening” by Letitia Smith-Burnett
dovecotes emit oblique octaves
as corn-yellow sun settles down
among lavender raiment of sky
plaintive lyrics of homing at close
of the wearying day carried high
inside soughs of domestic retreat
over pole-barns and stables where
livestock relax into reverence and
farmhouse beds hunger for prayers
every day is a blessing of labors to
gratify yearnings of body and soul
what the minor key birdsong of
psalms understands even better
than voices of husbands and wives
caught up worrying work yet undone
Very very nicely written . . . full of grace, mercy, and peace . . .
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then I succeeded
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I love this!
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thank kindly, ellie
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Again a superb manifestation of your consummate ability to write poetry.
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your gracious comment is appreciated
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Incredibly beautiful, Paul.
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much appreciated
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so beautiful
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thank you kindly
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Your stuff is truly beautiful and inspirational.
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deeply appreciate that
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Love the artwork you find!
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I enjoy searching out images to compliment my poems
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Gorgeous print and words to match!
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glad you enjoyed it, ellen
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I really love this one! Livestock relaxing into reverence is a wonderful phrase and image.
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much appreciated
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Reblogged this on Poesy plus Polemics.
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Beautiful words of poetry, Paul, to resonate the spirit we mortals’ often miss. Thank you.
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much appreciated
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An evensong it is, a slow dance of imagery and grace. Very nice 🙂
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appreciate that, john
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Reblogged this on OUR POETRY CORNER.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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I read this through the eyes of my partners granparents on their farm in Italy a generation ago—-lovely truth!
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it has universal themes
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Lovely 🙂 x
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thanks kindly, Madelaine
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Absolutely Breathtaking 🙂
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thanks kindly, morgan
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your poetry is a universe in its own right! i feel lucky for the chance to read your daily poems 🙂
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oh my – I thank you with all my heart
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