Tuesday, September 10, 2013

A Cure of Souls, by Denise Levertov

The pastor
of grief and dreams

guides his flock towards
the next field

with all his care
He has heard

the bell tolling
but the sheep

are hungry and need
the grass, today and

everyday.  Beautiful
his patience, his long

shadow, the rippling
sound of the flock moving

along the valley.

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