Myth Poem by Michael Burch

Myth

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Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-addled lanes.

And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and sighing, complete,
waiting, lain in a low sheaf—
full of faith, full of grief.

Here the immaculate dawn
requires belief of the leafed earth
and she is the myth of the scythed grain
golden and humble in all its weary worth.

Saturday, August 17, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: harvest
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