Doug Esler (September 2017)
Still life still life
no breeze to stir the morning air
no rustling of the stately trees
still life still life
no ripples on the patient lake
no sound of birds upon the wing
still life still life
harbours first peoples’ ancient stories
locked away in a timeless vault
still life still life
the writer waits with eager pen
to scribe all of the mystic tales
still life still life
guarding nature’s perfect beauty
holding nature in it’s hand
still life still life
a model for the artist’s eye
a canvas for the waiting brush
still life still life
the painter poised in anticipation
will draw and daub and mark this place
still life still life.