Under the Oaks

from Moonlit Missive #19 by In Gowan Ring

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In the mild afternoon
While the world is still busy
I lay down my linen
In the shade of the trees
Under the oaks
There you will find me
Where branches hang low
My mind is easy
Among grasses and clover
With my books and my poems and tea

In the flickering shade
And dappled light playing
at the wind’s wavering pace
In pleasure of swaying
Under the oaks
There you will find me
Where branches hang low
And time is easy
Among the grasses and clover
With my books and my poems and tea

And I peer into my life
Like many webbed fingers
Or leaf branching hands
Or like clouds as they linger
In fragments of lines
Spread out in the sky:
Patterns in process
Slow passing by
As feeling and form
Mingle and merge at the edge of my mind

Should you choose to join me
When the weather in fair
Set your mind easy
Where the air is clear
Under the oaks
By the shade of the trees
at the edge of the meadow
There you will find me
Among the grasses and clover
With my books and my poems and tea

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from Moonlit Missive #19, released July 9, 2017

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