A fellow blogger and poetry lover

from the lovely blog

"Beyond the Fields We Know" .

( see my favorite blogs for a link)

Suggested after my last post that the

Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge should

be more widely read. I have to agree.

Conch

You build a house for your soul,
and wander proudly
in starlight
with the house on your back,
like a snail.

When danger in near,

you crawl inside

and are safe

behind your hard

shell.

And when you are no more,

the house will

live on,

a testament

to your soul's beauty.

And the sea of your loneliness

will sing deep

inside.

Olav H. Hauge