A Poem For Today - A Mark of Resistance

[Ken Dickinson]

A Mark of Resistance

 

Stone by stone I pile

this cairn of my intention

with the noon's weight on my back,

exposed and vulnerable

across the slanting fields

which I love but cannot save

from floods that are to come;

can only fasten down

with this work of my hands,

these painfully assembled

stones, in the shape of nothing

that has ever existed before.

A pile of stones: an assertion

that this piece of country matters

for large and simple reasons.

A mark of resistance, a sign.

 

Adrienne Rich

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[Kurt Heyl]

Thanks Ken, this poem reminds me of life in New Mexico.

I want to thank everyone for their kind words about my poems, it is a real gift to be part of this list. 

Hugs

Kurt

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