Black Earth Song
mine are the rainbow arms
of the horizon around you
stroking you forward
to the center of the sky
out of the desert
the arctics the seas
the beds of anything
you are on
mine are the arms
the ends
of all the earth you need
I am for you.
Credit
Copyright © 2023 by Ed Roberson. Used with permission of the author. All rights reserved.
Author
Ed Roberson
Ed Roberson was born in 1939 in Pittsburgh. He earned his BA at the University of Pittsburgh and later completed graduate work at Goddard College. His first collection of poetry, When Thy King Is a Boy (Pitt Poetry), was released in 1970, the same year in which he completed his undergraduate degree.
Date Published
11/01/2023