Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner is our poet-in-residence at Limberlost State Historic Site in 2017. These workshops are made possible by the Arts in the Parks and Historic Sites program with a grant from the Indiana Arts Commission. In her July 22 workshop, she incorporated some of Gene Stratton-Porter’s poems. Below are three short poems that Gene wrote for “Music of the Wild.” The photographs at the end of the poems are Gene’s.
The Orchard Moth
When the sun has gone to rest,
And the moon rears her shining crest,
The night moth courts in orchard glade,
To the screech owl’s wavering serenade.
The Smokehouse
Through cycles the sycamore lifted its head,
Above savage and beast with stealthy feet,
Now it stands by the old woodshed,
And serves to cure the summer meat.
Screech Owl
The screech owl screeches when courting,
Because it’s the best he can do,
If you couldn’t court without screeching,
Why then, I guess you’d screech too.
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