“13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”,
I’ve taken a look at famous rocks.
Submitted to Poets United Poetry Pantry #367
August 20, 2017
Ancient Phoenician landmark
Pillar of Hercules
Rock of Gibraltar
Aboriginal sacred site
Uluru, red behemoth
in Australia’s outback
Giant head on Easter Island
standing silently in mystery
through the centuries
Endless task of Sisyphus
pushed onto the hilltop
falling again to valley floor
Stone of Blarney
kissed by many
famous bit of Irish lore
Plymouth Rock beside the shore
welcome sight to Pilgrims
arriving to new land
Imposing Devil’s Tower
thrusting upward
from Wyoming’s vast expanse
Signature Rock on westward trail
where steadfast pioneers
left their marks for history
Rosetta stone
that cracked the code
of Egypt’s ancient hieroglyphs
Rushmore’s rock of faces
countenances of history
worn smooth by wind and rain
Part of Stonehenge Circle
holding fast the secrets
of ancient druids
Haystack Rock of Oregon
legacy of ancient lava
sentinel at Pacific shore
Faithful voices raised in chorus
“On Christ, the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand.”
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*Photo is my own digital art.
This is truly amazing,
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely Sunday Bev
much love...
I like your ways of looking at a rock...
ReplyDeleteI really love the different shades of meaning that you found in a rock! What a reflective piece of writing.
ReplyDeleteI love the 13 ways of blackbird, and you brought a refreshing image to the style...
ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderfully deep and contemplative write, Bev!💘
ReplyDeleteSo much lore in rocks....they mark history and are often overlooked. I really enjoyed your look at rocks Bev!
ReplyDeleteDonna@LivingFromHappiness
That was wonderful!
ReplyDeleteZQ
Love the poem, love the digital art. I am drawn to rocks of all sorts and would have loved to visit the Standing Stones this lifetime.
ReplyDeleteI so enjoyed your poem, I think a bit of synchronicity was in play today. Rocks and stones seem to have a story to tell.
ReplyDeleteVery imaginative! Great messages.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant extended metaphor ... impactful ... moving ... stirring. And I loved your artwork, to boot.
ReplyDeleteWhat a feast! And the last one lifted me up totally.
ReplyDeleteI found myself counting the ones I've visited and adding a few to my bucket list :)
ReplyDeleteLovely. I was also a bit 'rocky' today :)
ReplyDeleteI love the iteration of standing stones, placed and lifted or found and adored -- all are true norths of something in us needing grounding and substance and permanence. Loved it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great list of rocks! I love your Easter Island photo. And I like the way the poem moves to the triumphant declaration of the last verse, with that great use of repetition to make a culmination.
ReplyDeleteThe ancient monuments and natural formations always bring us back to earth with regard to our own place in this world.
ReplyDeleteOh, so well found. Love your image and poem.
ReplyDeleteSisyphus is my favorite, although I'm sure the endless task was hardly his favorite!
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