Verse-Old & New

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18467, 4 August 1934, Page 13

Verse-Old & New

The Carpenters I like to hear them talking at their work, Fitting the pieces in where they f should go, Rawing off ends’ so tli'ejEll l/estiUg’ail'd' tight ‘ , v Making their hemes secure from' wind and snow. I like the sound of hammers' oil t’ho air The smell of clean new lumber is so ; . good. Batting around the windows aiid' the door Handling the pieces of til'd ffagrhnt wood. IScahtlihg for joist and silis aiid' clen'rL I , new boards . . ) Fresh frorri the plane, wifli'bits'of siivi'-' . dust on. - .. .1 Wide planks for stairs and little qiktVter- i rounds . f Beams for the ceiling straight arid']: newly sawn. j

ft like to trace the eufvilig grain 1 of ; wood . The’rings of growth in'fir, the. scent of j pine The grey of ash , . , . the sheen of golden oak Color as warm as sunlight on old wine. , God must have loved l the sight of grow-' ing trees j Because lie fashioned them with special . cave, j ! And made, them strong, and beautiful for man . Knowing the burdens they would have to bear. And down the. centuries they stand serene Clothing tlio earth with beauty and delight-’ Lifting old arms to catch' the sun and] rain, night. Whispering across the silence and the. ,y ■ - —Edna Jaqiies . ip Vancouver Province.