Within my sight poem

[Chris Weaver]

so bloomin lovely alan,
truly marvelous in cadence and image,
thank you.

chris

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From: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart at senet.com.au>
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Within my sight poem
Date: Sat, Jan 12, 2002, 7:15 PM




Noticing and musing in the moment, and reflectings on these



When I raise my sights

I see a place where creatures of all descriptions

come to meet with their mates, have a dip,

take a long cool draft, preen in the sun,

then whirr off into the blue.



A place in which I noticed with new eyes

the wonder of flight

which brings feathered friends and bumblebees daily to

the circle of their birdbath.



Higher in my sights are lanky limbed eucalypts

Swaying in the breeze like overgrown parsley;

ever survivors of great bushfires,

reminding me that I am in Australia

or could this be California?



Whichever, I'm in the right space right now.



Lowering my eyes I confront a source of

delight, terror, connection, surprise.

Not ever knowing what today will bring

with its messages from fellow travellers

on our precious little planet.

Yet ever ready to click send/rec -

sometimes with great trepidation -

to reveal whatever happens

to be lurking behind the screensaver.



And to respond or to initiate in time.



Always there, not always hot wired

(the law of two ears applies)

is the wondrous brainchild of

Signor Marconi.

I remember when two or more playmates

tuned in together, in rapture to 'Top of the Pops.'

Now it’s just it and me, as I do

my sometimes lonely, anxious rearranging.

Constant companion in the wee hours,

with its voices of affirmation.



And catching my musing eye

is a reminder

of how from time immemorial

we humans have renewed things the way they were

by using energy wisely, softly,

with no reliance on non renewables.

Nature's abundant warmth and wind

drying the washing on the line.



I acknowledge the gift of the invitation

to notice and reflect on these things.

And now these musings are over.



Alan Stewart

Adelaide







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