Boneyard

Dressed in suits of twilight
Crying in dresses of satin
Spades in hand
Springtime in the boneyard

Cathedrals of wood
Stand weeping
As the birds watch
Fragile on the branches

Low mounds of stone
Bearing silent messages
They are unable to hear
Any mourners dull groans

The birds are singing
Amongst the bees in the boneyard
The soft winds of spring
Breathe life
Back into the boneyard

(c) Colin Hope and Christian Coulter All Rights Reserved Reproduced with permission from "Observations on Chaos Theory”. Published 1993.

Tags: Australia, Canada, Chaos Theory, Christian Coulter, Colin Hope, Lesley Dewar, Poetry

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Comment by Mariana Costa Weldon on March 28, 2010 at 17:54: intriguing lines!

Comment by Lesley Dewar on March 5, 2010 at 13:12: WildWanderings @LesleyDewar Thank you Lesley! What a lovely poem :) http://ning.it/bQQJYo

Comment by Lesley Dewar on March 5, 2010 at 13:10: gardenbuddha @LesleyDewar Thank you for the poem link. It has been a long, long time since I wrote any poetry in that form. Haiku has taken over.

Comment by Lesley Dewar on March 5, 2010 at 13:09: DanielStoicaTax Checking out "Boneyard" on Stories My Nana Tells: http://ning.it/bQQJYo via @LesleyDewar

Comment by Lesley Dewar on March 5, 2010 at 13:09: MelodysMusings @LesleyDewar Thanks for the mention! Winds of spring breathing life back in....nice...

Comment by Lesley Dewar on March 5, 2010 at 13:09: miridunn @LesleyDewar a great poem- well enjoyed! Happy Friday to you

Comment by Lesley Dewar on March 5, 2010 at 13:08: moonflowernco @LesleyDewar lol..I ask myself that ? more and more lately. And I did enjoy the poem, thank you much. :)

Comment by Lesley Dewar on March 5, 2010 at 13:08: americannanny RT @LesleyDewar: @Diverseman2020 @parentingauthor It's #FF again, already? Where does the time go? Enjoy this poem. http://ning.it/bQQJYo

Comment by Lesley Dewar on March 5, 2010 at 13:08: americannanny @LesleyDewar Thank you. Love the poem.

Comment by Lesley Dewar on March 5, 2010 at 13:07: Dragonshine @LesleyDewar Very excellent poem :))