August 09, 2024

Flint Knapping - A Poem V2

1 minute

This is my poem, Flint Knapping, re-recorded for better audio.

Flint Knapping

I’d like to think that I am not alone

in identifying with aspen groves

or forests filled with giant sycamores—

At times I think of the entire world

before we took to the march of progress

and cannot help but weep for something more.

Could dying to a fearsome saber tooth

while gathering blueberries and bow sticks

be the worst fate a man could face back then?

Would the toil of knapping arrow heads

while bundled up in fur and snowy huts

distract enough from the morning's failed hunt?

Would my woman and baby by the fire

warm me as much as any filled belly,

while the rabbit mocks my broken bow

with tiny hops just outside the spruce boughs

and all my best attempts at building walls?

would I then long for structures made of stone?

For more of my poetry, go to www.2ndwasteland.wordpress.com or subscribe for more audio versions. I will be slowly releasing all of my poetry as new recorded audio within the next months along with recording any poetry learning materials that I have written.

Thanks for listening.

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August 09, 2024

Flint Knapping - A Poem V2

1 minute

This is my poem, Flint Knapping, re-recorded for better audio.

Flint Knapping

I’d like to think that I am not alone

in identifying with aspen groves

or forests filled with giant sycamores—

At times I think of the entire world

before we took to the march of progress

and cannot help but weep for something more.

Could dying to a fearsome saber tooth

while gathering blueberries and bow sticks

be the worst fate a man could face back then?

Would the toil of knapping arrow heads

while bundled up in fur and snowy huts

distract enough from the morning's failed hunt?

Would my woman and baby by the fire

warm me as much as any filled belly,

while the rabbit mocks my broken bow

with tiny hops just outside the spruce boughs

and all my best attempts at building walls?

would I then long for structures made of stone?

Thanks for listening.

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