Thursday, April 23, 2015

Sentinels – v3

Sentries, a triad, stock-still,
standing at attention, ramrod straight
watching over the yard, guarding our back
watching me, as I check their presence
out the window, air seeping in.

If I look carefully, I can see them
locking their heels, rising straighter still,
as the guardians at the Tomb of the Unknowns,
watching over the yard, the house, the birds,
the squirrels under their canopy.

The days passing by
guardians of the fenced-in,
enclosed space
behind the house,
watching over the yard.

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edited April 23, 2015
Sentinels – v3

(editing original)
Edited September 10, 2012
“Sentinels – v2”
written after Poets’ Corner
monthly poetry reading,
and poem read by Chip Bergeron,
who described fir trees as sentinels.
& original poem,
January 23, 2009
“Sentinels”

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