Art and Soul for Lent Day 33 - Prairie Waters by Night

CHATTER of birds two by two raises a night song joining a litany of running

water—sheer waters showing the russet of old stones remembering many

rains.

And the long willows drowse on the shoulders of the running water, and

sleep from much music; joined songs of day-end, feathery throats and stony

waters, in a choir chanting new psalms.

It is too much for the long willows when low laughter of a red moon comes

down; and the willows drowse and sleep on the shoulders of the running

water

                                                                    Carl Sandburg