Wednesday, 26 November 2014

A Book is like a Seasoned Oak


A book is like a seasoned oak, a fortress strong
A growing tower to climb; to puzzle from its pages
Green leaf in drought, fresh hope in trialed life:
Strength from another’s, shared written vision
Hard substance, yet made of the stuff of dreams    

As a forming fabric in unknown casks of aged wine:
A vineyard in the depths of an old oak, an old book
Drink to be decanted, poured into any willing vessel
With no wasted word, for those who climb to read 
Through their upward lifted, pierced hands and feet


Poem from a Sequence:
A Rain of Booklight
Part 1  # 35
© Judith Evans Deverell, 2014


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