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wild geese

by Peter Humphreys

o
yes
take me
to where
the wild geese fly
beneath the firmament
above the sky where angels
dare their wings to glide and
you and I can yet decide the narrowness
of heaven o take me take me take me take me now
above those clouds of iceling flow where not a soul
would dare to go unnoticed by the glory of the rising
surge of air and water yet to kiss the thirsting earth below
o take us take us take us now where we can taste the golden mead
and down upon the land beneath forsake the conflict and the strife the
living lies that pass for life the hunger and the greed of men and women
yes do take me take me take me now I do not fear nor dare bestir eternity's last wonder

06/10/2007

Posted on 06/10/2007
Copyright © 2024 Peter Humphreys

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by A. Paige White on 06/10/07 at 02:45 PM

Cool concrete poem.

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 06/10/07 at 04:00 PM

Such a strong, almost swirling flow to this up above to " forsake the conflict and the strife the living lies that pass for life"!!!

Posted by Rhiannon Jones on 06/10/07 at 08:54 PM

This just races. I like the inclusion of the almost-pleading. "take us take us..."

Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 06/10/07 at 09:52 PM

The form, like geese flying along with the long wild swoop of words with Yeatsian echoes moves me from afar and "take(s) me with you. It is a brave poem as well, hovering on the imperceptible edge of life and above the "strife" looking in all directions into the known and unknown. Breathtaking.

Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 06/14/07 at 01:23 PM

This is my new hymn, my friend.

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