mantra review

Spring 2018


COLIN WEBB


The Silence of the Druids


after Charles Ives


. . . and always a breathing
in hills meeting waters
and mothers crying songs,
always a breathing
in babies bringing clovers
and trees meeting skies . . .

. . . and always a breathing
in hills meeting (And the Question
whispers from the fireside,
shouts from the glen)
                              clovers
and trees meeting skies . . .

. . . and always a breathing
in hills meeting [Creator, I hope &]
                      crying songs,
always (And the Question
whispers from the fireside,
shouts from the glen)

        always a breathing
                        [Big Freeze, I fear &]
        mothers crying songs,
always a breathing (And the Question
whispers from the fireside,
shouts from the glen)

                            breathing
in hills meeting [You can pray w/
eyes open! &] breathing
in babies bringing clovers
and trees meeting skies . . . (And
the Question

whispers from the fireside,
shouts from the glen)
                              songs,
always
                          [Get Along! &]
    babies bringing clovers​

(And the Question
whispers from the fireside,
shouts from the glen)
                          waters
and
                        [Equivocation! &]

                              songs,
(And the Question
whispers
from the fireside,
shouts
from the glen)

. . . and always a [NON SEQUITUR! &!]
              meeting waters
and mothers crying songs,
always a breathing
in babies bringing clovers
(And the Question






Colin Webb is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. Recent and forthcoming publications of his poetry can be found in The Northern Virginia Review, Garfield Lake Review, Forage Poetry, Cha, Mad Swirl, The Northridge Review, and others.



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