Higher Ground
“I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred.” –Diane Ackerman
When inflammatory headlines
foment frustration, infect the heart,
transform tranquility into lunacy,
it’s time for a ramble
through wetlands, along beach strand
to calm the soul, restore damaged spirit.
I meander among willows,
admire tangled blackberries,
recite the serenity prayer as a mantra
to return me to reason.
Geese, expecting a handout,
waddle in my wake,
a feathered, obese congregation.
Bright-eyed ducklings glide,
upon tule fringed pond.
Sunny meadow, silver sycamores
bring jangled world back into balance.
Fog rises like prayer.
Jennifer Lagier has published nineteen books, in a variety of anthologies and literary magazines, edits the Monterey Poetry Review, helps coordinate Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Second Sunday readings. Recent books: Meditations on Seascapes and Cypress (Blue Light Press) and COVID Dissonance (CyberWit), Camille Chronicles (FutureCycle Press). Website: jlagier.net, Facebook: www.facebook.com/JenniferLagier/
“I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred.” –Diane Ackerman
When inflammatory headlines
foment frustration, infect the heart,
transform tranquility into lunacy,
it’s time for a ramble
through wetlands, along beach strand
to calm the soul, restore damaged spirit.
I meander among willows,
admire tangled blackberries,
recite the serenity prayer as a mantra
to return me to reason.
Geese, expecting a handout,
waddle in my wake,
a feathered, obese congregation.
Bright-eyed ducklings glide,
upon tule fringed pond.
Sunny meadow, silver sycamores
bring jangled world back into balance.
Fog rises like prayer.
Jennifer Lagier has published nineteen books, in a variety of anthologies and literary magazines, edits the Monterey Poetry Review, helps coordinate Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Second Sunday readings. Recent books: Meditations on Seascapes and Cypress (Blue Light Press) and COVID Dissonance (CyberWit), Camille Chronicles (FutureCycle Press). Website: jlagier.net, Facebook: www.facebook.com/JenniferLagier/
