Linda Galvin Poems

Across the wide expanse of the field,
Seemingly deserted; laid bare,
the wind meets no obstacles,
except the solitary oak;
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Why go out into the desert?
What do you seek?
What will you find?
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Most ancient of time and space;
threefold creator,
hovering over the formless void
of waters, dark and barren.
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Into the field of rippling wheat
bounds a wild creature of the wood.
Stopping abruptly; briefly silhouetted
against the emergent morning sun,
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Two swans,
In regal procession,
Glide in pomp and majesty;
Along the polished glass corridors
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His hoary fingers, misery spreads,
In a landscape dull and dreary;
Cruelly blackening autumnal beds.
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What is this love?
If not a union when two are joined
in marital estate;
blessed by church and heaven;
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A God-breathed speck of dust -
the cosmos expanded to fullness,
then contracted its atoms
moulded and shaped,
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Warmth suffuses the window pane,
As sunshine splashes, in gold and yellow rays
on the cushioned sill;
Sharp shadows are softened and shimmer.
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I

O perfect day,
when Adam walked with God.
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