Margaret Drage
Honorable Mention 2009 Canadian Christian Poetry Contest: $50
About this Christian Poet:
Margaret Drage is a poet from Southwestern Ontario who cares deeply for the natural environment and for the spiritual side of life. A former teacher of English and Creative Writing, she enjoys painting, gardening and her grandchildren.
A Day In God's Life
Soft black flower of midnight
unfolds its petals
studded with bright stars
as the long stem of darkness
reaches roots of tomorrow
unearths a new dawn face
plants bright daylight smile
in place of a swirling frown
stretches mid-morning earth limbs
beneath trend-setting teardrops
hair brushing winds
to stir the infant wheat heads
into a natural curl
as afternoon fingers of warm sunlight
tease thin green tendrils
of prairie grasses
out of the warm and sensuous mist
of evening's cooling form, a new darkness
gathering behind Heaven's colorful wings.
Copyright©2009 by Margaret Drage