Jason Horsler Poet Sonnet

Notes About The Poem

This poem is included in my omnibus anthology 'Butterfly Mind' (2025) as well as being first published in volume two of my poetry: 'The Teaching Of The Quail' (1993-1024).
(06/2023) Inspired by historic events such as Capel Celyn and Derwent village. A nephilim is a biblical giant (Genesis 6:4; Numbers 13:33). See Matthew 24:37; Luke 17:26 - 27.

 

 

DROWNING GARDEN

In the final week they still swept their floors.
A gate was mended on the third last day -
the people in the village so stuck in their way,
that some, in leaving, even locked their doors
as if to keep back the dam tide -
frail wooden levees that will not hold.
They die hard: the habits of old,
and cannot be casually cast aside.

There is a nephilim here, in the leafy dark,
staking his plants and pulling out weeds,
though the distant coffer dam is broken.
As in the days of Noah and his ark,
the gardener labours in vain for vain needs,
ignoring the government prophecy spoken.

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Beata Agustin July 13, 2023 at 2:56 AM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed. Jason Horsler February 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM Amen - thank you