Second Story
index:
year of the dragon
shadows
dark rider
springleaving
age
fring spever
snow
crazy horse mountain
departure
child song
song for parents
nightcapers
six love poems
potree
impossible
the river
buffalo trail
second story
sorrow
relativity
denial
lovers
mountainman
april
at needle point
the clearing
north wind
puddles
hall stairs
river crossed
autumn trees
dragonfly
meadowlark
twisting
sea endlessly
moonlit hills
finish so smooth
flower song
ackknowledgements
about Mildred Rose
For T.A.R.
MOUNTAIN MAN
Steep uplands and gracious valleys
challenge all comers.
You, Mountain Man, are young-
old enough to till them.
Under your string hands,
dark-peaked mountains firm
into promise of crop.
The dark hidden valleys flush,
quiver into warm life
under your onslaught.
You till. Breathless
you broadcast seed.
The topmost peak achieved,
the blinding blaze of the summit
realized, you rest.
Clouds, soft, peaceful, sweet,
billow beneath you -
O, Mountain Man, cropper
of uplands and valleys.
Second Story
by Mildred A. Rose
The
Mildred Rose
Collection
Copyright 1976 by Mildred A. Rose,
all rights reserved.
Originally published by The Music House Press.
No part of this collection may be reproduced,
except in short reviews, without the
author's permission.