Sunday, October 12, 2014

A seed in Antioch


A seed is sown in Antioch
on the face of it, rather
an infertile, unproductive
ground growing only weeds,
no promised land
no milk or honey
barren of soul
devoid of spirit.

A seed was sown in Antioch
and took root, sprouted
growing in the most unlikely
of fields.


Photograph by Martin Birkin via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.

1 comment:

Paul Stolwyk said...

I really really really like these poems. Write on.