Poetry Pleases: Power of the Word
By Arthur Gilliland
Just a few simple marks;
Have you considered those few simple marks?
Scratched on wax, or slate,
Inked with brush or pen,
Carefully drawn or splashed in haste,
Those few simple marks tell us so much.
Those marks are thoughts,
And only mankind thinks.......
(Praise be to God).
From simple cross to mark a name,
Or shopping list, or theory of The Bomb,
The WORD that WAS and IS, in GOSPEL told.
The marks that bring to life the leaves;
The leaves that are the books;
The books that hold all knowledge
That mankind has gleaned or has been given,
And so can find - by searching through
The tree made up of leaves, the book.
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