The Medicine Wheel

By Adrian Rogers

The Medicine Wheel turns through each of the eight sections in this collection, with the poems gathered into each part touching on many subjects: nature poems running through the seasons, personality portraits, social concerns – such as the plight of refugees, the treatment of animals, and persecution leading one to consider the p

• Language: English
• Publisher: Debbie Lee
• Release date: Nov 24, 2017
• ISBN: 9781760414573

Adrian Rogers

Adrian Rogers (1931-2005) was one of America’s most respected Bible teachers, communicating to millions through his Love Worth Finding radio and television ministry that continues today. He was also senior pastor of the 27,000-member Bellevue Baptist Church near Memphis, Tennessee, and a popular author whose books include What Every Christian Ought to Know and The Incredible Power of Kingdom Authority.

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1: Turning, autumn to winter

On the Cusp – Prelude

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A ragged pause

at the leaf fall end

on the cusp

of autumn and winter

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storms die

earth voices call no longer

and winter’s onset

anaesthetises remnant living

land/water essences

under luminously shaded

fluctuating skies

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leaves no longer

helter-skelter swept

airborne every way

or tossed on river runs

when migrant waders leave

the shallows undisturbed

their songlike calls unsung.

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Tricoloured seasons

held the trees in fief

between light, dark,

cold and heat

leaving no time for grief

only a brooding

silence of transition

foreshadowing winter’s coma

and over-earth’s-curve

distant, spring’s returning.

Kakadu – Midday Dancers

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Rock faces day-long amplify

contact points

touch repelling intrusions

of heat attacking waves

rejecting shimmering

mirage confusions

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rock-painted figures

stone stage ballets

dancing through

heat-veiled orchestrations

line-limned

vibrantly alive

until the setting sun’s

swift sinking coda

uplifting heat into itself

snap cools rocks

and long-hot iron roofs.

When the stars come out

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Night time cooling

an earth/stone oven