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By Lindy Obach | 11/27/2017 | Leave a Comment

Revelation

A timely, beautiful poem with a beautiful message. Enjoy!

Revelation
by Marilyn Kratz

The winds of fall have
swept away
brown leaves from old elm trees
And now reveal what summer’s green
had hidden from my gaze.
Abandoned nests, their builders flown,
stand out in stark relief,
Mute evidence of secret
toil that filled the spring with life.
I contemplate this lesson taught
by Nature’s cleansing hand
And vow to see in everyone
the worth they have within.

From Pasque Petals Vol. 74, No. 3
Winter 1999

Featured image by liz west under the creative commons license on Flickr.

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About Lindy Obach

Lindy Obach grew up on a farm on the edge of the North Dakota badlands and has been living, teaching, and writing in South Dakota for a dozen years. Her chapbook, "North of Zenith," was a semifinalist in The 2015 New Women's Voices competition by Finishing Line Press. Her poetry has been published in The South Dakota Review, Midwestern Gothic, and South Dakota Women: Action, Influence, and Voice. She is a member of the Women Poets Collective and loves calling the prairie her home.

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