August 28, 2018 · 2:02 pm
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Dust To Dust

Earth – dVerse Quadrille 63

 

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Larapinta Drive, Northen Territory.

 

 

Dust To Dust

Estranged by Greeks and Romans
no place amongst the gods,
your face is pocked and riven
where we’ve plucked and scratched and gouged.
You’re tired, even slowing;
but here, coupled,
entwined beneath your sun,
I hear you gently whisper,
“To me you will return.”

©Paul Cannon

 

Paul,

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28 responses to “Dust To Dust”

  1. Robert Parker
    August 28, 2018 at 2:44 pm

    A pleasure to recite out loud. Gaia?

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  2. kim881
    August 28, 2018 at 6:24 pm

    Poor Earth, with no place among the gods and her face ‘… pocked and riven / where we’ve plucked and scratched and gouged’. I love the lines:.
    ‘entwined beneath your sun,
    I hear you gently whisper,
    “To me you will return.”’

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  3. Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
    August 28, 2018 at 7:26 pm

    Indeed… we know where we will end… there is no other alternative.

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  4. Frank Hubeny
    August 28, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    Nice ending and reminder.

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  5. Suzanne
    August 28, 2018 at 11:15 pm

    That’s beautiful. There is something about the outback that makes us so acutely aware of our place in the grand scheme of things. Your poem captures that feeling very well.

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  6. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog
    August 29, 2018 at 12:52 am

    Very nice! I’ll get the duster out and clean. 🙂

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  7. OIKOS™-Redaktion
    August 29, 2018 at 10:31 am

    Love it, Paul! Hope it will be cleaned. Michael

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  8. calmkate
    August 30, 2018 at 10:44 am

    the outback is a wondrous place shall we scatter your ashes there?

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  9. Winnie
    August 30, 2018 at 12:06 pm

    A great poem, Paul! This reminds of the Gospel every Ash Wednesday “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

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  10. lync56
    August 31, 2018 at 1:24 am

    Wow amazing

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