Fossils and some other things
Rest inside this rock.
The past to my own present brings
Suggestive hints to shock.
I am used to seeing such
Along this Green Bay shore.
What was before stands out to touch
My mind through this rock’s door.
Text: Linked to dVerse Quadrille hosted by Mish with the prompt word being “rock”.
Photo: “Rock” by the author and linked to trablogger’s Mundane Monday.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Frank, this is beautiful again. And the way you recite the poem is marvelous!
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I am glad you enjoyed the reading as well. Thank you!
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Great work Frank,
we can find history in rocks,and that is great, right 🙂
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It amazes me how deep the past goes. Thank you, Ben!
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history lessons carved in stone 😉
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They are carved in stone. Thank you, Candy!
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It’s almost like each rock has a beating heart inside… the history is marvelous.
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There’s more in that rock that the surface shows, but that will remain a mystery to me. Thank you, Bjorn!
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It’s amazing to touch the distant past.
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It is mysterious and amazing like looking at stars in the night sky. Thank you, Sarah!
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So well crafted. I love to think of the “past lives” of rocks. So many eons of change.
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They have been through many transformations. Thank you, Victoria!
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Much of Easter WA & most of the SW is made up of cliffs made up from geological layers, sporting the history of the planet. Love your take on the prompt.
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The sandstone contains many fossils, most hidden from view. Thank you, Glenn!
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Love that pivot word – ‘shock’ – so accurate to the feeling of touching the ancient with the present and temporal. Also enjoyed your recording – nice touch, Frank!
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Thanks, Jilly! The unexpected depth of the past can appear as a shock when we face it. I am glad you liked the reading.
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I like the history in those rocks ~ Enjoyed your reading Frank ~
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Thank you, Grace! The rocks leave traces of the past. I am glad you liked the reading.
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Wonderful take on the prompt Frank! The beating hearts and history in each rock.
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There is more to rocks than surface measurements. Thank you, Toni!
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h my yes! I learned that years ago in archaeology and physical anthropology.
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Fossils fascinate me….each one must have an amazing story. I like the analogy of our own past and present with that of the rock.
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It is like the wonder of looking at the night sky to see a fossil in a stone. Thank you! And thank you for the prompt.
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Lovely quadrille. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Fun fossil poem
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Thanks, Sabio!
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You have managed to compact the depth of a thought, just like rocks are dense matter. Very well written!
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Thank you, Reena! I am glad you liked this!
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I think you might have unearthed Hans Solo’s Millennium Falcon 🙂
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It does sort of look like that. Thank you!
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Terrific verse and(like others) so enjoyed the reading. Particularly liked the notion of the fossil ‘stands out to touch’ through the portal of time thus investing it with energy.
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That stone is like a time door. Thank you, Peter!
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What wonderful sights on your walks- and you put it so eloquently. 🙂
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This walk was north of Green Bay, Wisconsin, along a rocky shore some years ago. Thanks, Vivian!
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🙂
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Your poem takes a life of its own in the reading! Wonderfully done Frank!
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I am glad you liked the reading. Thank you!
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This is awesome. So much of the past in a rock! They last throughout the ages.
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Whatever that is on the surface is only the surface of the rock. Thank you, Mary!
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What was before stands out to touch
My mind through this rock’s door.
There certainly would have been lots of stories embedded in all those rocks in their journey to becoming rocks now strewn about the country-side! You got it right, Frank!
Hank
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Thanks, Hank! There is more there than on that fossil on the surface.
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“…and some other things / Rest inside this rock.
The past to my own present brings / Suggestive hints….”
Fossil hunting among your words reveals an psycho-emotional archaeology of the poetic voice. Other things rest inside this rock. The external never covers it all. We are given only suggestive hints. …and that’s enough!
Hope you don’t mind my dig of your poem, Frank. It’s a wonderful, potentially fruitful field.
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I don’t mind the digging. I think you picked up on the message although I am not sure I understood the message myself when writing the first draft. There is more than the external, but the hints we do have are enough. Thanks, Charley!
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My pleasure, Frank!
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The past speaks mysteriously to the present…rocks aren’t “ordinary,” are they? Like the audio!
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I’m glad you enjoyed the audio, Lynn. I usually understand things better when I hear them. Thank you!
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So much history in a rock!
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Yes, and much of it is, I suspect, hidden. Thank you, Merril!
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Perfect cadence, rhythm and rhyme, as always, Frank.
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Thank you!
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I enjoyed the reading. I think rocks have much to tell us about life and yes, some fragments might be shocking.
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They are like looking at a deep past. I am glad you enjoyed the reading. Thank you!
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Very nice poem, Frank. I love fossils and Greg and I have quite a big collection.
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I like them also, but I don’t know much about them except that they seem beyond ancient like stars. Thanks, Robbie!
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Very cool fossil!
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It is rather attractive with its circular shape. Thank you!
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Shell Trails
Mountain Face
Best oF Fossil Hits Record
Play
Hundreds
Of Millions oF
Nautilus Phi LiFE
YearS.. MeanWhile
Human Media oF
A Few Decades
iN 8 Track
Tapes
Go Extinct..
True.. Some Life
Songs Last Longer Than
Others.. So Let It Be Shell
So Let It Be LastinG NoW..:)
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Those fossils lived longer that those 8 tracks. Thanks, Fred!
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But True..
8 Tracks
And
Disco
Do Still
Live Within.. heHe..
me.. Dancing with Donna Summers..:)
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oh how i love these lines:
“The past to my own present brings
Suggestive hints to shock.”
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I am glad you liked them, Rosema!
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you’re welcome, Frank!
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Love the image you create with the last two lines.
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Thank you, Janice!
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What wealth of knowledge rocks have in store for us!
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Yes. I suspect there is more there than the surface suggests. Thank you, Imelda!
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‘Fossils and some other things’ – love them!
‘What was before stands out to touch
My mind through this rock’s door’ – I love the idea of the past reaching out through rocks and fossils, Frank!
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Thanks, Kim! The surface of some rocks seem like a door to the past. I don’t know how to open it, but the wonder may be enough.
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Off the A11, the main road from Norfolk towards London, there’s a place called Grimes Caves, which I really must investigate. It’s a Neolithic flint mine so I would expect ‘Fossils and some other things’. Your poem had promoted me to plan ahead for a spring visit, Frank!
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That is quite an abstract rock. Nicely composed.
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It is an unusual rock. Thank you!
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Very well written. Those words go so perfect with the shot.
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Thank you, Parul!
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Beautiful texture. I think this’ll work in B&W too.
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Yes, it would. I am not sure how to convert it to black and white, but I suspect the photo editor should have that option somewhere. Thank you!
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