Thursday, June 2, 2022

POEM: "IRISH FLIGHT"

 

From the Ring of Kerry


 

“Irish Flight”

by Bob Stegner


 

An Irish summer cast in shadow

Shrouded in silky skies

Our hearts soar

Between green and low hanging clouds

Capturing the moments

Flying on

 

Sailing through valleys

Riding updrafts of ecstatic, wind laden joy

Eyeing gathering storms at sea

We see them all

And fly on

 

A flute

A lute

A musical line guides us

An Irish summer takes us

Soft dew surrounds us

We fly on

 

Her eyes, my mindscape

We glide, wondering and laughing

Towards an Irish summer

We fly on

 

Heather and cliffs of green

Breezes and flights of love

Sea birds take to the sky

All of them enfolded in our soft, serene

Irish dream

We…fly on