Grass Beside the Church of St. Francis Xavier
- Arthur Powers
- Mar 12, 2018
- 1 min read
The following poem was first published in Issue 13 (2005) of Ancient Paths literary magazine.
Grass Beside the Church of St. Francis Xavier (Night — Before a Late Summer Storm) by Arthur Powers (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
This, too, must resist
passing storm, bleak night, summer grass beneath a battlement, kissed
by winds that twist small roots aright. This, too, must sheath tiny blades beside
a pale stone buttress rising, wide and white, disappearing—tried stone into black mist— lost up in holiness. This, too, must fight.
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