At Rest

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["At Rest" was first published in Prairie Poets, Prairie Press Books, 1969. It was reprinted in my first poetry chapbook, "The Lady in the Pink Hat," Candor Press, 1969.]

Whose lips descend
     to mock the pursed recluse
Lives trembling mute hand
They who laugh refuse
     the strong arm
     of yesteryear.
His the pastoral symphony
     the "peace that passeth"
Through the acid heart
Unseared, and rest
     the troubled soul
     free of fear.

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 5/24/2021 8:13:00 AM

Creative lines you have penned in this one. Way to go. Sara

L Milton Hankins
Date: 5/24/2021 1:13:00 PM

Thanks so much, Sara. It was written so long ago, I don't even remember what prompted it! I appreciate your encouragement.