This poem is dedicated to my muse, dearest friend and fellow artist Pd Lietz. Pd was the first artist to take a chance, have the faith and confidence to do a Image with Words collaboration with me. Not a shabby start for this small town artist from Freeland, Michigan. ‘Cause Pd Lietz is one of the greatest, highly recognized and published artists in the present day world.
on summer vacation
first week of September
the highlands
of Cape Breton
sung sweetly
to me
as if
given an angelic air
according to the wind
driven on its course
over hill and dale
~ accompanied
~ harmoniously
from the rush of sea
beating
ever so steadily
upon the ragged shore
sculptured in rocks
stenciled
with weathered
lines of character
where water and land
are roofed with
the veil of sky
not only home to
~ the cloud
~ the sun
~ the moon
but ~ the bald eagle
neither one nor two
the many
swooping
majestically about
all the while below
the moose walks
and runs
with beige or gray
covered legs
along the zigzag path
of rugged terrain
and too
under
the same shadow
of the eagle’s wing
right off
the best kept secret
on the Cabot Trail
Meat Cove
~ the whale
breaching together ~ freely
in synchronized swimming
purely ~ unequivocally
breathtaking …..
~ for if I knew
the day and time
my end would come
this is where
this place
I would sit
upon the ground
on the hill
above that cove
with love one in arm
I would
without fear
face north
to peer across
the Gulf of St. Lawrence
and whisper goodbye
to Pd Lietz
my dear friend
and fellow artist
in Manitoba
I’d patiently
and peacefully
wait in silence
for my maker
accompanied by
the angel of death
it would be then
with poise
I would ask the creator
the why
~ for all this living
peace out
Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~
This poem will be a part of the June edition that’s a collaboration by the 2015 Poetry Posse – The Year of the Poet II published by Inner Child Press. Buy your monthly copy Here: http://www.innerchildpress.com/the-year-of-the-poet.php