Elemental
by John O’ Donohue
Is the world the work
Of someone who tills the blue field,
Unearth its dark plenitude
For the tight seed to release its thought
Into the ferment of clay,
Searching to earth the light
And come to voice in a word of grain
That can sing free in the breeze,
Bathe in the yellow well of the sun,
Avoid the attack of the bird,
And endure the red cell of the oven
Until memory leavens in the gift of bread?
You can find this poem in Conamara Blues.
Life of Kim 