Higher Ground
The stones
of the Acropolis
Are mighty stones,
Weighty stones
Weighty stones
Some cracked,
Some stained
Stones of time, tribute
Majesty and merit,
Blue-gray stones set
Above the sea
Above the hill,
And then the world.
They are like
what we imagine
Eternity might be:
Immovable, Dense
Overflowing
yet contained.
Blue-gray stones
Set above the world
To remind us,
That empire has flown,
Is fleeting.
Gil Hoy
Gil Hoy is a Boston
poet and trial lawyer who studied poetry at Boston University through
its Evergreen program. Hoy received a B.A. in Philosophy and Political
Science from Boston University, an M.A. in Government from Georgetown
University, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He
served as a Brookline, Massachusetts Selectman for four terms.
Hoy’s poetry has appeared (or will be appearing) most recently
in Chiron Review, Ariel Chart, Social
Justice Poetry, Poetry24, Right Hand Pointing/One Sentence Poems, The
Penmen Review, I am not a silent poet, Clark Street Review and The New Verse News.
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