THE TRUMPETER SWANS The pen sits and waits Upon her nest among The reeds where no Man’s greed can steal Or break the eggs Beneath her breast She blares no trumpet To call attention to Herself and the unborn Cygnets she soon will Carry on her back to Keep them safe She waits patiently in Silence among the Cat-tails where red-wing Black birds soon will Soar and swoop around Her nest to feed their kind She sees no red, no Black, no white, and Hears no honking from The noisy swamp where Black birds die beneath A rogue cob’s knee. - Gordon C. Stewart, with the trumpeter swans by the wetland, June 3, 2020
George Floyd killed under Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knee – Taken by onlooker with a mobile phone. 
Jesus on bended knee in the Garden of Gethsemane
The Anguished Heart of God
“Now the whole earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was filled with violence.” “The Lord was grieved that he had made man upon the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.”
Genesis, chapter 6, verses 11 and 6.
— Gordon C. Stewart with the trumpeter swans by the Minnesota wetland, June 4, 2020.on’t
Views from the Edge 
Just found a moment to sit down and read this. Beautifully written and yet chilling in some ways. I do believe God’s heart is grieved by us all and that we may at last see correction and intervention in both illness and uprising.
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Thank you, Jo. It’s the only post I’ve been able to write. Others are in different stages, stuck in the muck of a heavy heart and bursting brain. Some storm the streets. Others ponder. Whether my in-process ponderings will see the light of day, sometimes poetry says it best.
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I do believe that we are at least approaching a paradigm shift and I’m grateful to have lived long enough to see it. For me, waiting is difficult and I have found myself falling into deep depression, something I have only rarely experienced. This isolation drains my soul. I do like the poem very much. While I know that a pen is the female swan, I like to think in terms of it being your pen which when nurtured will find safety and flight.
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44 times since 2015 – 30 times on black citizens. Black citizens are 19.36% of population.
Sad and Pissed in Baltimore County.
Best,
Jim
James B Haugh
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 10:02 AM Views from the Edge wrote:
> Gordon C. Stewart posted: ” THE TRUMPETER SWANS The pen sits and waits > Upon her nest among The reeds where no Man’s greed can steal Or break the > eggs Beneath her breast She blares no trumpet To call attention to Herself > and the unborn Cygnets she soon will Carry on her back to ” >
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Jim, You’ve always been on the side of the angels… even before you married one!
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Gordo, you exaggerate,,,,,,
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Just a little, Jim. A little.
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