Pondering Extinction - Patria Brown

[Larry Robinson]

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"Be joyful though you have considered all the facts."
    - Wendell Berry

> On Nov 16, 2023, at 5:10 AM, Larry Robinson <Lrobpoet at sonic.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Pondering Extinction
> 
> Poets now know everything not written 
> down on the page is going to disappear.
> 
> Evanescence shows us our words are
> destined for extinction as are we.
> 
> Yet our poems persist. We cannot help 
> ourselves even in this time. And still,
> 
> Mother Mountain may recede in ether with
> our words, but could She inhabit our souls?
> 
> The canyon in the plain may deepen beyond
> our sight, yet will She receive our spirits?
> 
> The sun ray in the forest may vanish from our  
> eyes; however, would she live in our hearts?
> 
> The shine on the moon may evaporate, and 
> still we wonder if it’s gone to the other side?
> 
> The caresses of lovers may pass away; 
> even so, the wind should take them.
> 
> The breadth and height of redwoods may
> depart, Perchance, depth perhaps remains.
> 
> Waves of white horses may drown in the
> ocean forever, then ride out in the clouds.
> 
> The wind dancing seamless through the 
> Eucalyptus may end in dreamers’ sighs.
> 
> A widow’s sad moaning for her beloved’s touch 
> might set off frogs croaking as evening comes.
> 
> The twinkle in a father’s eye could drop through
> the curtains of Aurora Borealis through the stars.
> 
> The hearty herbs of a healer even wish to dissolve
> the music of a mourning mother’s cries.
> 
> The artist’s blue and scarred brushes allow themselves
> to dissipate in a newborn’s silky crown.
> 
> The poet’s compulsion may be free to liquefy 
> and rise to join the planets in the skies.
> 
> 	- Patria Brown
> 
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