Gail J. Dickie
Honorable Mention 2006 Utmost Christian Poetry Contest $50
Gail J. Dickie is a Christian poet from Toronto, Ontario.
Thank You R. Carlos Nakai
"yours are the poems i do not write" e.e. cummingso hollow
wind of your Pipes
drawn
deep
from the heart's
ancient
canyon
vibrations rattle sounds
to burn the dawn's horizon
i rise on
bone
dry dust desert
tones
this fragile gesture of a a poem
to praise not mistranslate
those sacred notes you play this place
i drift
on echoes haunting
callings calling calls
above the cliffs
and sand
i glide
on the hush of the dusk's
warm quiet
long ripples of rest against
the shadow of a mountain's breast
i ride
on eagle free wings
that st r e t c h
the smile of the universe w i d e
so close to a world's smooth sky
i touch
the finger of God
R. Carlos Nakai is a flute player of Navajo-Ute heritage.
The poem was inspired by is music on a "Canyon Trilogy" CD
Copyright ©2004 by Gail J. Dickie