June 2026, Poetry

Sonnets to Orpheus, Part I Sonnet 1

There stands a tree. What pure over-climbing!
Oh Orpheus sings! A tall tree rings in my ear!
Then all falls still but even in the silencing
are new signs and portents that draw near. 

Creatures press in quietly from their clearly
absolved dens, untussled bushes and nests
free from predation, at their curious best.
Not quiet from stifled fears, instead sincerely 

Out of simply hearing. Urges for jeering
shrink in spellbound hearts, and where before
there was no proper shelter for throngings

Is now a cottage to fulfill deep dim longings
with open entrance, porch and trembling doors;
You raised to them a temple for the hearing.

June 8, 2026

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