The Hoofs of Pegasus

Chapter 33: THE FALLOW FIELDS

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About This Book

A collection of short lyrical poems that weave mythic and religious imagery with intimate observations of nature and interior feeling. Many pieces draw on classical figures and Renaissance art, while others reflect domestic scenes, sleep, music, and sacrament; recurrent motifs include night and light, birds, water, and ritual. Voice shifts between contemplative reverie and pastoral detail, exploring longing, faith, and creative impulse. The sequence moves through imagistic vignettes—moonlit meadows, bathing maidens, sacramental harvests, and dreams—linking private emotion to larger spiritual and mythical resonances.

THE FALLOW FIELDS

LET the fields lie fallow Bare and brown. Let the great winds stride over them And the snow come down.

Let them lie open to the sun To the patient rain, And the dews whiten them E’er they yield again.

Plough in the sturdy weed, The common flower, Let their wild vigor yield A lusty dower.

Then after sun and snow After dew and sleet From the earth will spring the green Flame of the wheat.