Jane’s Annual Poems, 1973-2021

2000

LIGHT WITHIN THE GROVE, 2000

the translucence
of redorange light
within the
Giant Sequoia
signals its
numinosity
the holiness of
weathered
patience
one can only
begin to understand
such grave beauty
silent being
gripping toes
into slanted
mountain soil
for over two millennia
growth so slow
even the idea
of Wise Men
seems precocious
to know
what
insignificance
is
stand inside
a Giant Sequoia.
now.
vaunt
your
earthly
accomplishments.
 
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