…a new learning…
A soft foot
As with another eye
I see the moor,
its quiet folds
that need no glance from me,
its hues of earth and sky
so naturally disposed.
I step with care,
I stand long moments there
to feel the reverence of being
and the pleasure of my spirit
stepping free of me
and leaving unfamiliar stillness
in my heart
and in my mind,
a new learning.
I will walk this moor again,
and fill myself again with calming joys.
November 9, 2016
“A soft foot” was published January 23, 2018, in my second collection of 47 poems, Seeing far: Selected poems, now for sale on Amazon (paperback and Kindle), or free in Kindle Unlimited, search Amazon for “Richard Carl Subber”
Inspired by “The Moor” by the Welsh poet R. S. Thomas (1913-2000). Thomas recounted his passage on the moor—“…I entered it on soft foot…”—when he felt a “…stillness of the heart’s passions…” I imagined a respectful conception of a quiet moor, and a quiet time of solitary exploration and a gift of harmonious perceptions. I was not disappointed. I walked the walk.
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