Moving Along
Travelers
In silent perception
Beyond knowing
To a place
That beats the birth
From the bush
And lends an ear
To tomorrow
Where we march
On the stones
Of sorrow
And scatter our ashes
To the sun
©2021 John Drudge All rights reserved.
John is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology. He is the author of four books of poetry: March (2019), The Seasons of Us (2019), New Days (2020), and Fragments (2021). His work has appeared widely in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.