Inherent Poem by Laurence Overmire

Inherent

The farmer's hands planted
Seeds in me
Roots sprung from the veins of Earth

Bloodwater rising

Tolled toil mixed in the crust of distant
Stars

I reap this grateful harvest
Cut the sheaves of ripened corn
A feast to make this bronzed humanity

Golden.

~ Laurence Overmire

(Previously published in Poets International, May 2014)

Saturday, July 13, 2024
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