A Shanty for a Prairie Sea

There is a different kind of sea

Where prairie grasses wave to me

And ripple over verdant plains

A place where I’m a child again.

(Chorus)

Let the wind blow, let the grass roll,

Let the birds sing over my grassy sea,

Vast sky above, I am in love

With this green and gold prairie grass sea!

Here in my sea of grass

The prairie flowers bloom at last

Refreshed by spring and summer rains

The prairie is renewed again.

Let the wind blow, let the grass roll,

Let the birds sing over my grassy sea,

Vast sky above, I am in love

With this green and gold prairie grass sea!

How the wind howls as skies grow dark,

Silencing the meadowlark

Clouds boil up in the sky over me

And pour down rain on my grassy sea.

Let the wind blow, let the grass roll,

Let the birds sing over my grassy sea,

Vast sky above, I am in love

With this green and gold prairie grass sea!

And when the prairie storm is done

The dark clouds part and there’s the sun

And arching over this grassy sea

A rainbow frames the world for me.

Let the wind blow, let the grass roll,

Let the birds sing over my grassy sea,

Vast sky above, I am in love

With this green and gold prairie grass sea!

~Kathie Adams Brown (April 3, 2013)

NaPoWriMoDay 3

Skywatch Friday: Things That Sway

(Photo by Kathie, June 12, 2008 6:23 p.m. MST)

I love things that sway in the wind;
The flowing grass,
The dancing trees,
The willow boughs,
The bamboo leaves,
All caught in a breeze,
Or windy gale,
Toss and sway
And sigh and shake,
Reflected in an azure lake--
Their fluid motions
Their restless leaves
Reflected in my inner sea.

~kathiesbirds (27 February 2008)

Purple Fountain Grass and Whirling Butterflies (guara).

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