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The Road Beneath Our Feet

Colorado – 2019

Processional

Across the meadow, from among the sheltering pines,
The furred ladies, discrete in their closeness, 
Follow one another in stately fashion.

Far from their rocky Channel island,
These Jersey ladies patiently plod the rocky highlands,
And return to paddock and barn,
Faithfully keeping to their path.

The setting sun, slipping down through forest and meadow, 
Lights the matrons’ way.
Soft lows acknowledge their pacific acceptance
Of day’s end, of obligations, and of their place in the procession.

— Janice F. Booth

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Janice F. Booth is the author of Crofton: Images of America; her poetry is published in The Song In the Room, a collection of poems by six poets. She writes for a variety of periodicals, including a long-running gardens column for What’s Up? Publications. She has over 50 years’ experience as an educator. Read her blog at www.open-line.org.