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N a p a l m   H e a l t h   S p a :   R e p o r t   2 0 1 4 :   A r c h i v e s   E d i t i o n

 

 

GARY LAWLESS

 

 

(Every stump is sacred)

 

Every stump is sacred.

Every stump a saint.

Every silted river a church to which

the pilgrim salmon return

Every breath of wind a love song.

We worship in wetlands,

bow to the fern, the rock,

the holy salamander.

the blood of sweet water,

the body of moss.

 

 

[Originally published in NHS 1994, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs94/index.html#43.]