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”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/sentinels-v2.html

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”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/sentinels_23.html

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