Oracle

The heron is the color
of a November morning.
Fog wets the river rocks.
Fossils faintly echo
a grey past.
I shall take one stone 
home,
to look
through its waterworn hole
and perhaps 
see
the future.

11/4/2017
For contest: Two Word Challenge
Sponsored by John Lawless

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Sandra Haight

Date: 11/8/2018 9:53:00 AM

Agnes, congratulations on your well-deserved First Place Trophy win on this outstanding poem! Hugs, Sandra

Kevin Shaw

Date: 11/6/2018 2:05:00 PM

Another Top Spot well done Agnes, Kevin xx

Eve Roper

Date: 11/6/2018 12:35:00 PM

Congratulations on Julia's contest...nicely done...

John Michaels

Date: 11/6/2018 7:41:00 AM

Nicely done, Agnes! Congrats on your win! Regards, John.

Line Gauthier

Date: 11/5/2018 6:31:00 PM

Back with more well deserved congrats, Agnes.

Winged Warrior

Date: 11/5/2018 8:05:00 AM

Congrats!!! my friend on your top win with this lovely verse, Agnes...love & light...^WW^

Agnes Krampe
Date: 11/5/2018 9:05:00 AM

Thank you, ^WW^.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 11/5/2018 7:29:00 AM

Congratulations on another wonderful trophy win with this jewel Agnes! You already know I faved this beauty. xxoo

Agnes Krampe
Date: 11/5/2018 9:05:00 AM

Thanks, Connie. It's one of my personal favorites.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

Date: 11/5/2018 7:08:00 AM

I remember this one :) Congratulations Agnes! xomo

Agnes Krampe
Date: 11/5/2018 9:05:00 AM

Thanks, Maureen.

Julia Ward

Date: 11/5/2018 2:44:00 AM

An unexpected ending. :) I much enjoyed your poem, Agnes! Congratulations for its first placement trophy win in my 2018 contest of a free verse poem chosen from your listing from October or November of last year.

Julia Ward
Date: 11/5/2018 7:59:00 AM

You're most welcome. I hope another trophy goes against your poem in addition to the one received in Brian's contest.

Agnes Krampe
Date: 11/5/2018 6:20:00 AM

Thank you for my win, Julia. I am glad you liked my poem.

Line Gauthier

Date: 10/21/2018 8:36:00 PM

Most definitely worth a re-read. Congrats on your win, Agnes. Added to my FAVEs.

Agnes Krampe
Date: 11/5/2018 6:20:00 AM

Thank you, Line.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 10/20/2018 3:07:00 PM

I love this pensive poem Agnes. I see why it won a Trophy. Congratulations on your past trophy win and your win in Brian's contest today. This gem is going into my faves!

Agnes Krampe
Date: 10/20/2018 4:55:00 PM

Thank you, Connie.

Line Gauthier

Date: 9/17/2018 1:38:00 PM

Lovely, Agnes. Love your style.

L. J. Carber

Date: 8/26/2018 5:35:00 PM

WOW! Some of your poems read like extended haiku, so soft, so subtle, so deeply compelling-- my highest compliment, Agnes: I'm envious!

Agnes Krampe
Date: 8/27/2018 4:17:00 PM

Thank you for your kind comment, L. J. This one is actually one of my personal favorites.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/19/2018 12:10:00 PM

Just now I discovered a list of premiere contest winners. that is what brought me to this poem. It is SO you, your style of writing and it shines. Congrats belatedly.

Agnes Krampe
Date: 2/19/2018 4:24:00 PM

Thank you so much, Andrea.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/19/2018 12:09:00 PM

Just now I discovered a list of premiere contest winners. that is what brought me to this poem. It is SO you, your style of writing and it shines. Congrats belatedly.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 1/30/2018 7:28:00 PM

A belated congrats on your high win with this gem!

Susan Ashley

Date: 1/28/2018 3:42:00 PM

Such a compelling and intriguing poem Agnes and well deserving of the trophy win. Your imagery is fantastic 'Fossils faintly echo' is breathtaking.. a truly beautiful and thought provoking write. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Bawa Talwar

Date: 11/28/2017 11:18:00 PM

Beautiful rendition! Agnes