BC POETRY

British Columbia's modern master of mystic and romantic verse, Lawrence Hearn, with mp3 audio poetry and digital photos from super natural British Columbia

Friday, January 14, 2022

Steadfast

 video

 up on the mountain lives an old tree
empires have come and gone yet still she
stands tall and steady, growing when warm
one thousand two hundred years from when born -

insects and birds, squirrels and bears
for generations have also lived where
she reproduces while reaching up high
like beings with wings it seems she could fly -

once in a forest of towering mates
by man decimated still there as she waits
for some of her children to grow up around,
cedar as yellow as anywhere found -

one thousand two hundred years from when born
steadfast in all times, never forlorn
the planet keeps turning as time slips away
this tree on the mountain can show us the way

to breathe in and breathe out the blessings of air
relentless and rhythmic for all everywhere
high in the mountains or down by the sea
you where you're listening to words flow through me -

 

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

In the Morning

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in the morning, in the morning
in the morning there is light
dispelling darkness with its beauty
and replacing what was night

with golden sunshine on the cloud tops
even when it still seems grey -
in the morning when day's dawning
as Earth's shadow slips away

into brightness into lightness
and the promise of a new
awakening, generating
a clear and crystal view

of the purpose and the meaning
of every breath we take -
in the morning still it's seeming
we're floating on a lake

meditating while still waiting
for another day to start,
conscious breathing before leaving
before we each depart

in the morning, in the morning
in the morning for the day -
in the sky the Sun keeps shining,
and 'til nightfall it will stay...

 

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