Age Of The Fern Poem by Barry Middleton
Age Of The Fern
in the age of the fern
the sea stretched to the horizon
beasts more primal than love
roamed rain swept bogs
man was not even a premonition
not yet were there birds
after the fall a reborn earth
nourished new life
eons passed and passed away
till a rose bloomed in Eden
the garden touched the horizon
fire mimicked the sun
fern and fauna were a dominion
again there was a test
and a man and a woman
stood in the rain and kissed
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Sea stretched in to horizon amazingly. Perception of love is wisely expressed in this poem. Mimicking of fire like sun is humorously spoken. An amazing poem is shared here.10
Thank you. I grew up on hills overlooking the Mississippi delta where once the sea did stretch to the horizon. The poem begins in the archaic time of dinosaurs. The fall here is not the biblical fall of man for man does not yet exist. The asteroid fell and extincted life only to begin again. When man arrives he is given a garden equal to the sea. Fire is an essential gift also. The test is what man will do with his dominion and his capacity to love. I fear we may have failed the test.