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| Oilmill De Zoeker, paintmill De Kat and paltroksawmill De Gekroonde Poelenburg |
A windmill draws me in,
close to one. Like the moon,
its broad
beams catch and throw
the
sunlight and lift waves
of water
to grind wheat
and
sandstone. I have sailed
the waters of Newport News
and North
Lake and have felt
winds
delight in pushing me
like a
sheet away from sunset seas
at Point
Reyes and Fort Funston
while
standing on the ground
and not
even hang gliding.
I’ve
nestled in the arms
of sweet
wind, bright balloon
travelling
in its strange
restfulness,
still and fast.
How can I
not desire
wind
energy, wind gifting,
wind
lifting, wind humming
Around me
forever?
Harnessing
it doesn’t
trap it,
wind remains free.
For my prompt
Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Wind Power
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| Wind power generators in Spain, near an Osborne bull. |
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© 2016 Susan L. Chast
Windmills. I don't know but they always make me feel like a little child. I am in awe every time I see one. Wind energy - becoming a necessity in our present world. I like the ending of your poem, wind - natural or forced, is always free.
ReplyDeleteLike windmills wind is indeed a steady, comforting movement..i vaguely remember a visit to a windmill in holland..the noise was memorable like a slow chug..having read your poem this is how time should perhaps be..savoured and measured
ReplyDeleteHarnessing it doesn't trap it... so true and such a metaphor for everything else!
ReplyDeleteHow can I not desire
ReplyDeletewind energy, wind gifting,
wind lifting, wind humming
Around me forever?
Whistles!!! Such passion and precision in your lines, Susan :D
Beautifully executed.
Lots of love,
Sanaa
man has been using wind for centuries. We have little control under its spell.
ReplyDeleteanother alternative energy with goodwill...the last two lines say it all...
ReplyDeleteWindmills are romantic to me, as the stories of my childhood.......I love your lines about not trapping the wind, it remains free. Free, clean energy and we are decades too slow in making use of it, and water power and solar energy. Sigh. I love seeing these wind energy farms popping up.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it wonderful to be attracted to something so powerful?
ReplyDeleteI never understood the complaints about windmills, noisy or not they are beatiful, repetitious structures. When I see any I am transported back to my great grandfathers farm the defunct mill he had that used to pump ground water for the cows, though broken, it stil turned working as thought it still wanted to provide...in a way, much like he was in retirement.
ReplyDeleteSadly in some places in the world (Australian included) some consider harnessing natural power from the wind, sun and water to be undesirable as not sufficient money can be made out of it. Too many think it is better to destroy the earth for short term gain than reduce the cost of electrical energy. One day perhaps...
ReplyDelete"How can I not desire
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wind lifting, wind humming
Around me forever?" Wonderful, an ideal place to escape from busy daily routine. Lovely poem, Susan!
Dear Susan,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more with Sanaa and Panchali here. I loved those lines. Wind mills have this thing you know, they never seize to amaze me. Beautifully penned. :)
Ramya
Wind indeed remains free.
ReplyDeleteI love the feeling of comfort in your words. It's stimulating; it's peaceful.
How wonderful it would be if we all resort to cleaner modes of energy! But that doesn't seem to be a likely prospect in the near future. Sad.
-HA
awesome!
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The wind ought to remain free that its energy can be harnessed for its strength to be utilized. Rightly so Susan!
Hank
Indeed harnessing wind energy does not trap it. It continues to be free....I support more and more of this wind energy.
ReplyDeleteHarnessing the wind and sun as renewable energy is the future. The new windmills are ugly but they do not have to be.
ReplyDelete"wind remains free" yes, I love that and your descriptions of the mill catching and moving sunlight as well as water. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI have been to those places too Susan! I love to watch the windmills, old and new. I desire the wind too it's wonderful. Your poem made me feel free like the wind.
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