if ever he did speak in words
for long he has been mute
and yet there is a whispered wind
that I cannot dispute
for hints of sacred stars anoint
the silence of the breeze
as if a lesson I must learn
stirs here beneath the trees
the blue of sky reflects the sea
in nurturing the view
the trees cast shadows on the lawn
to bless the world anew
at sunset silent ghosts emerge
a footstep on the stair
perhaps a quiet god may walk
with darkness unaware
I like your poesy, dear Barry.Glad to see here Fabrio adressing you to participate in the next effort of the group. It happened just by chance to fall upon your poems.Glad to.
A silent God? I suppose he can be easily sensed when we're involved in quiet reflection and observation of nature and the world in our ordinary life. Nice expression here.
..... As Oxfam says, the 'explosion' in the wealth of the super-rich has come at the expense of the majority and particularly the poorest people. A key trend is the falling share of national income going to workers in almost all developed and most developing countries. And the majority of low paid workers around the world are women. Tax havens, used by the rich and multinational companies, are fuelling economic inequality and preventing hundreds of millions of people lifting themselves out of poverty. In such a context, hundreds of millions of people go hungry while resources that could be used to help them are sucked up by those at the top of the wealth-piramid. To reverse all above: - workers have to be paid a living wage; - the gap with executive rewards to be narrowed; - end to the gender pay gap; - compensation for unpaid care; - promotion of equal land and inheritance rights for women (in many parts of the world women have no rights!) : - governments have to take action on lobbying; - reducing the price of medicines; - taxing wealth rather than consumption; - using progressive public spending to tackle inequality. ___________________________________________
Exquisite Frank This sent shivers up my spine It so expresses the mystery that is God for me Thank you
thanks for sharing this poem it was well received and penned... i send my regards to the poet.
Powerful imagery. There are signs of God's presence around us. You have expressed it well.
Darkness is unaware of the presence of God that is all around us no matter what happens. I have been listening to the news today about the tragedy in Lahore. God save us from terrorism. I hope you are OK and will watch for your work on PH.
In the thousands of years to come humans will not them allow lead evolution's claimed harness up. No fear therefore to become our dauphins.* ................................... Transformed into poem a description of Patrick Leigh Fermor, to be found in paddy's-world-transcript-of John Julius Norwich *verse invented thanks to comment of Barry Middleton
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Barry, Hi! you might be interested to join our new editorial project: ''POETRY AGAINST INEQUALITY '' if so, just LET ME KNOW ************************* POEMS SUBMISSION: - DEADLINE: February 20,2016 - 1 POEM (in English) of maximum 25 lines; - SUBJECT: 'INEQUALITY' as it is described in the OXFAM Report 2016 (released on Jan.18) _______________________ abut Oxfam report /Inequality: ...