Where Earth Mother has held a mirror to human nature for centuries, it is small wonder that even great artists struggle to capture glimpses of its reflection, relying on the inner eye to explore its similes and metaphors just as a space probe might home in on moon craters…
AN AFFINITY WITH THE SPIRITUAL NATURE OF ANCIENT WOODLANDS
Leafy dome, a spread of crystal prisms;
like a familiar cheek deflecting its tears
Stained glassiness, images of a sunset;
pink flesh betraying shades of ageing
Moon, shining through, beacon of hope;
human spirit anxious for inspiration
Stars, drawing on mythology and religion
to engage the human mind’s potential
Clouds, siding with the world’s sceptics
shaping like endings to like beginnings
Dome, engaging with our metamorphoses,
inciting we creative dreamers to waken
Glassiness, flushed with dawn’s promises;
pink flesh, responding to nature’s kisses
Birdsong, like distant bells ringing changes;
humanity, left trailing old gods and new
Between earth and sky, our time and space;
to each of us, a prism (some call it Heaven)
Copyright R. N. Taber 2015
Labels: art, creativity, global consciousness, history, human nature, human spirit, imagination, inspiration, life, love, mind-body-spirit, nature, personal space, poetry, positive thinking, spirituality, trees, woodlands
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