Inspiration for the Spirit

A lovely place to wander for poetry and inspiration to soothe the soul

  • Home
  • About
  • Poetry
  • Essays
  • Inspiration
  • Quotes
  • Reflections
  • Guestbook
  • Archives
Home / Dennis Janke / The Seed

The Seed

by Dennis Janke

treeThere is a tree in a garden
I am sworn to protect.

Once as you walked by
you dropped a seed
and I saw where it fell
and I broke ground around it
planting it out of season.

I kept the earth stirred
as the leaves were blowing
towards winter.

The wound still fresh,
I built a wall around it to shield it
so that it would endure
long after you and I are gone.

Now it is a tree
and we are no more
and still
I watch it grow.

Copyright © 2002 Dennis Janke • All rights reserved.

You might also like

Goodnight Kiss
The Hill Wife—V. The Impulse
Twyla
Love and Relationships

Filed under love, love lost.

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

The Poetry Pages

My Poems
Classic Poets
Selected Poems
Classic Love Poems
Zen Poetry, Haiku, and Wisdom
Sitem♥p
book and blue flowers

Guest Poets

  • Oriah Mountain Dreamer
  • Terry Stephen Driscoll
  • Dennis Janke
  • Christine Magee
  • Carrie Ryman
  • Tom Schmidt
  • Susan Dane Setin

"What makes you a poet is a gift for language, an ability to see into the heart of things"—Erica Jong

Featured Poem

pensive ballerinas

Taffeta Torn Through

By Susan Dane Setin

We look for strong arms
to carry us. None forthcoming.
Or they come and go and
leave us more depleted in the going.
We look to find ourselves in the other,
always turning ’round the other
in pink taffeta, little girl pirouettes,
all grown up and still
twirling for him, as if some coyness
could suffice the long road … Read more
Venice
lamplight on snowy night
tea party on a cupcake
carousel

Explore and Enjoy

aging art autumn being female children compassion courage death divorce encouragement family father flowers forgiveness friendship grief & sadness happiness hope inner peace inspiring life living loneliness love love lost loving yourself marriage mindful living mother mountains music Native American people places positive attitude poverty quotes relationships sex & sexuality simple pleasures solitude spirit spring winter writing

Inspiration for the Spirit EST 2002 • Copyright © 2023 Patricia Petro • LOGIN

»
«