Thursday, December 17, 2015

summer birches – v6

This is the same stand of birches
between the north and south
US Route 95, the highway,
up here in northern Maine
the same stand of birches
drawing my eye, my attention,
early yesterday morning
on the way to Bangor, again

This is the same stand of birches
I have noticed in winter
now summer birches
in the warming sun
the young maples growing
up in the glade, the opening
between the groomed way
running north and south

The bright young green
the white of the trunk
basking in the sun
as I drive by
drawing my eye, my attention
each time in passing
calling to me to see, to notice,
their beauty, God’s perfection

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edited December 17, 2015
summer birches – v6

(editing original)
edited October 15, 2015
summer birches – v5
(editing original)
edited February 16, 2015
summer birches – v4
(merging edits to version 2 and original)
drafted February 11, 2015
edited February 10, 2015
summer birches – v3
(merging edits to version 2 and original)
edited February 2, 2015
summer birches – v2
about Mile Marker 213
Edinburg, ME
driving in Rte 95 southbound in northern Maine
new poem July 18, 2014
summer birches
driving in Rte 95 southbound in northern Maine
edited June 30, 2014
Bleeding Limbs – v2
April 9, 2009
Bleeding Limbs
Maundy Thursday
on the way home from Pembroke Village School
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH

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