Poem for Jeremy Hill
How quiet the peak,
the bone strewn cleft,
the babble of the brook
to our engines clatter,
highways of chatter
shattering ― screens of power
...and yet among us still
are some quieter even
than Nature’s humble notes.
We should steal the time
to be attentive to their peace:
subtle languages they found.
Picking Apples -- Arthur John Elsley
"Jeremy" derives from the name of the Jewish prophet Yirmeyahu's anglicized form Jeremiah. In various translations the name was Hebrew for "Yahweh will uplift," "Exalted of the Lord," or "God will loosen."
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