bury ton

through the word lens
the detailed movements of your hands
are a phrase
the grand mother clad wisdom
a learned reverence of small things

so far from first things
black bending bones
in the colourless wind
where the small ones' smiles
are the only sun on the mountain

beautiful, ex-jedi

This is a very beautiful poem. The images are entrancing. My one constructive comment is that I had a tough time at first reading the next to last line until I realized you meant:
"small ones' smiles". When you put in the apostrophe, it makes it possessive. Otherwise, this is a great poem. I really liked it.

joyce

Thanks

I'll add the apostrophe right away. Punctuation and grammar have never been my strong point. Mrs Bradbury, my school English teacher, is reproaching me in the aether somewhere :)

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