MARCH 2012: POETRY
by D. S. Martin
You & I have stood on the brink of Niagara many times
& so we know like Coleridge a waterfall can be sublime
not merely pretty & of all the waterfalls on earth
some are more majestic more picturesque & grand more worth
the praise more deserving of the description We’ve worn raincoats
within reach of the descending water’s spray & on the boat
Maid of the Mist & kissed as if to seal the event
Despite the good the true the beautiful some seem bent
on destroying our ability to qualify such things
I still desire to celebrate the best that this world brings
D. S. Martin is a Canadian poet whose most recent collection is Poiema (Wipf & Stock). From a series inspired by the life and work of C.S. Lewis, “On The Brink of Niagara” finds its inspiration in the opening pages of The Abolition of Man. Poems from this series have appeared in Anglican Theological Review, The Other Journal, Relief, Ruminate, Sehnsucht, and Windhover.
