The author has described the poems in this book as the "songs in my heart" since they reflect the many varied experiences life has offered and the colorful variety of people he has been privileged to know. They also reflect the profound impression the natural world has left upon him. Through his poetry he seeks to share these experiences with others.
Thunderhead
and other poems
By KENNETH E. GRANTAuthorHouse LLC
Copyright © 2014 Kenneth E. Grant
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4918-5296-5Contents
Section One,
Thunderhead, 3,
Rainclouds, 5,
Morning Comes, 6,
The Storm, 8,
Rushing, 10,
The March Of The Clouds, 12,
When It Rains, 12,
Celebrate, 13,
Nocturne, 13,
First Snow, 14,
G'night, 15,
Cool Night, 16,
Wonder, 17,
Fireflies, 18,
Night, 20,
Morning, 21,
Summer's Heatin' Up, 22,
Rain Puddles, 23,
Lady Bug, 25,
The Hawk, 26,
Niagara, 27,
Quiet Time, 28,
Seasons, 30,
A Pause, 32,
The River, 33,
Flying Home, 34,
Sunset, 37,
Prayer For Tonight, 38,
Hope, 40,
She Wept, 42,
Sitting Quietly, 45,
When Then Was Now, 46,
Section Two,
I Searched For Someone, 51,
Far Away, 54,
A Better Dawn, 55,
Faith, Hope And Love, 56,
Sorrows Past, 57,
Somewhere, 58,
This New Day, 59,
Bright Angel, 60,
Valentine, 61,
Miss You, 62,
Day Lost, 63,
Today, 64,
Beloved, 65,
Ode To A Pause For Tea, 67,
No Longer Vagabond, 68,
Remember?, 70,
Thinking Of You, 73,
Let Me Walk With You, 74,
The Chapel Of The Deep, 76,
To A Friend In A Difficult Time, 78,
To Fly Free, 79,
Thoughts Just Now, 80,
Since You've Gone, 81,
The Plains, 82,
What Surprises Lie Await, 84,
Thoughts Of A Life Self-Taken, 86,
The Passing Of A Friend, 88,
Deep In A Distant Throat, 90,
Quiet Thoughts Of An Old Love, 92,
Evening, 93,
Ought, 94,
Check List, 96,
Contentment, 98,
Goodbye We Said, 100,
Anthropos (An Ancient Greek Word For Man), 102,
The Clock, 103,
A Time For You, 104,
Section Three,
New Year, 109,
Time, 111,
Hold Still!, 112,
Long Day's End, 114,
Dun-A-Rovin', 116,
Minds Much Wiser, 119,
Candle Thoughts, 121,
The Wonder, 122,
I Ran, 124,
Oops!, 126,
There Is A Spirit, 128,
Wondering, 130,
Healed, 131,
Faith, 132,
Until Tomorrow Comes, 134,
There Was A Time, 136,
Evening Reverie, 138,
Dreams In Life's Autumn, 139,
A Moment, 140,
Christmas Time, 142,
Retrospect, 144,
Twilight, 147,
The Controversy, 148,
Day's Journey, 149,
The Shadowed Place, 150,
Solitude, 151,
While Daylight Lasts, 152,
Suppertime, 154,
Sometime, 156,
Regal, 159,
Old Warrior Song, 160,
Night Song, 161,
One Last Song, 162,
Once Upon A Time, 164,
Merry Almost Christmas, 166,
Measurement, 168,
The River, 169,
Journey Remembered, 170,
Long Thoughts, 173,
CHAPTER 1
THUNDERHEAD
Thunderhead
Bright monarch of an azure sky
Boiling up five hundred stories tall
Lightening laced
Thunder throated
Splendid, shining specter
Of this summer day
Will your rain skirted majesty last the night?
Or will some firmer wind,
Some invisible, fateful billow of the sky
Tumble your storied grandeur
Scattering the snow and hail
Along the ridges westward
And the morning find you but
Wisps and vapors?
Beneath you now
In this quiet meadow sweet with grass
I muse and wonder
Ponder the waning day
Feel the night breeze gently
Touch my face
Soon stars will dust the dome
Where now your billows climb
Flaunting their borrowed fire
Already shadows lengthen from
The leafy wind row by the road
The last lark call echoes in the field
To bid the day goodbye
Then the night
Sable robed
Sequined with a million stars
Will host the chorus in the grasses
Singing their song to a night wind
Tomorrow?
When dawn trickles through the fences of the dark
What will climb the blue vaulted air?
Thunderheads
Lightning laced
Thunder throated
Climbing up five hundred stories tall
And in the meadow underneath
Other eyes
And upturned faces
Full of awe
And wonder
RAINCLOUDS
Grey sky-ships
Driven by the wild sea wind
Sweeping low across the valley
Where the trees bend down
Weeping clouds
Tattered by your landward journey
Sorrow shrouds
For all earth's dreams undone
Rainclouds
Show me your silver lining
Clear and flee away
Let my heart warm again
To joy and laughter
And dreams rise up
And kiss the coming day!
MORNING COMES
Morning comes
Eventually
And not even a lack of
Sleep-graced hours
Can delay the
Silver edge of dawn
Or keep the lark from
Rising to the sun
So
I suppose
I should be rising too
To go about the things
It appears
That I should do
Singing like the lark
Has not been granted me
And
Flying's not an option
For featherless creatures
Lacking wings
Yet
A heart may fly
And spirits soar
And dreams give wings
To earthlings such as I
So that the lark
Need not soar alone!
Morning has come
The day begun
The silver trumpets
Of the dawn
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