christian



thus while the great elm or
sauntering along in the true style
of a

negro in towcloth jacket and trowsers

a roundcrowned fragment of a hill
on
a knoll surrounded by locust trees
and lofty elms

from among which its decent whitewashed
walls
shine modestly forth like christian purity

beaming through the shades of retirement




(C) 2026 Shane Cooper


follow links in the poem, or start new path...