Come Climb a Mountain
Written by
Frank M. Tierney
57 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 9780776643014
$14.95 CA
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About the Book
Come Climb a Mountain
You must come climb a mountain with me
So that you can see,
The valley lawns,
The lacy streams,
The ships about the seas.
You must come climb a mountain with me -
The sun will be our host -
And you will see
The singing thrush,
The white-winged swan,
The man dumping garbage by the sea.
You must come climb a mountain with me,
And you will know the wind,
The skying pines will be our grass,
The cloud-puffed hills our trees,
We´ll watch as Herod´s soldiers work,
See Ceasar´s ships at oar,
Odysseus´ bow,
Prometheus´ chain,
Lucifer and Michael´s war.
You must come climb a mountain with me
So that you can see,
Above the cold and careless waves,
And the ceaseless rolling sea.
You´ll see the deafened cardboard judge
Wash in the Lady´s eyes,
And hear the numbing siren´s wail
Across the blackened skies,
And the woman´s failing music
In their lucid Paradise.
You must come climb a mountain with me
So that you can see,
Above the cold and careless waves,
And the ceaseless rolling sea.
Copyright © by Borealis Press Ltd. and Frank M. Tierney, 1970 - 2001.
About the Author
Frank M. Tierney
Frank M. Tierney (1930- ) was born in Ottawa in the area now occupied by the University of Ottawa Campus. Borealis Press has published seven books of his poetry: "Come Climb A Mountain" (1970), "The Birch" (1971), "Beams of Love" (1972), "FireCloud" (1972), "The Way it Stands" (1974), "The Lilac Tree" (1988), and "The Old Gold Woman" (2000). He has also written seven children's stories in his Silly Sally series, numerous scholarly articles, and books about Canadian and British authors.
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