LIFE'S SPIRITUAL BANQUET - poem

By Richard L. Provencher

Fri, 08 Feb 2008
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Life’s Spiritual Banquet

Our canoe discovers a feast of pleasure
its sleek hull an arrow
piercing the stillness of God’s plan
reflections shunted
from stately trees where cozy cottages
circle like a ring of jewels

this lake created from cups of freshwater
a sanctuary from grasping
life, woes and errs of human contact
left behind. We step up to Nature's
table and absorb vegetables
of beauty
birthing a baby-blue sky.

Ripples nudge against
our fiberglass prow, thrill of a loon's lament
slap of beaver tail
upon the pond
the curious stare of a deer.

We hold firmly
to these precious moments-

dip of cherry wood paddle, sureness of
J-strokes moving us forward
to future feasts.

© Richard L. Provencher 2002

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Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on
Many years ago, editors told me, "Nature poems are not publishable." And it was fun to prove them wrong, since most of my published poems reflect the land in which I live. Nature is a great part of my writing and it is so pleasing to see other writers successful in getting their own beautiful nature poems published. RLP
Richard L. Provencher

Submitted by Sooz006 on
Lovely poem, Richard.