Who Lingers Half-Sleeping In Soft Repose
Who Lingers Half-Sleeping In Soft Repose
“Fine Breath Of Air” Bardic Poetry by Joseph S. Plum
Welcome:
Greetings and welcome to American Bardic Poet.
“Fine Breath of Air”
This is a section of lines that speak to the greater philosophy of the poet. He believes in seeds planted in wild places. He believes in a form of reincarnation. He’s spiritual and intellectual, ready to debate the theories of the great thinkers or learn traditional healing ceremonies. There’s much to say here. I’ll let the poetry do the talking.
Good journey,
(The poet’s daughter.)
fine breath of air
who lingers
half-sleeping in soft repose
or passing among temples
of a distant time
or seeking unseen
some future sign?
what is this
fine breath of air
from we know
not where
this sightless path
scented with honey
vapor of silken tongue?
if it pleases the gods
may it be a truth
that love and destiny
are one.
Read about the poet and the bees here.
Read my post regarding the punctuation and editing of the poems here.
Read the poem, “The Sun Has Traveled Well” here.
This is a page from the book, I Believe in Seeds: Affirmations for Rewilding, made possible by a grant from the BeWildReWild Fund at Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation. This book combines my watercolor paintings with Dad’s poems, and gave me a chance to try something different with punctuation. Also, it was such a beautiful moment when Dad saw my paintings and realized his poems were part of his daughter’s artwork.
I’m grateful.
I’ll write more next week. Hope to see you again then. Please consider sharing this post with someone you think may be interested in Dad’s poetry.
🙏🏼 Thank you for gathering here. May it be a blessing. 🙏🏼
About the Poet
Joseph S. Plum is a poet in the bardic tradition. He lives off-grid in rural Iowa and composes his unique chant-like oral poetry for fascinated audiences around the world. Joe has over 16 hours of oral poetry memorized in his head. He pulls from this collection of rhyming lines to compose poems according to the energy of the audience listening. Joe does all of this without writing the poems down on paper or holding any notes.
Joe’s daughter, Emily Lupita, typed up his poems over the years and launched Dreaming Deer Press to publish his work. He now has nine poetry books for sale on Amazon that can be purchased on Joe’s website - here.
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