Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RECREATION, by HELEN PRICKETT OITTO


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RECREATION, by                    
First Line: The sunshine's reflection / on tiny, bright billows
Last Line: In god and in man.
Subject(s): Faith; Nature; Belief; Creed


The sunshine's reflection
On tiny, bright billows,
The slow-moving shadows
Of green, waving willows,
The sheltering rocks,
So towering and cool,
And the plunge of the trout
In the neighboring pool,
Call me out in the open,
With rod, hook and fly,
To joyously live
Under blue summer sky.
A medley of bird songs
From reed, bush and tree—
They tell of all Nature,
So wondrous and free.
What majesty, stateliness,
In those fir trees
That whisper of rest,
In the fairy-like breeze!
My tired heart forgets
That it knew any ban;
And I learn a new faith
In God and in Man.





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