The Golden Rooster
April 15, 2011 by admin | Filed under Life Abroad, The Netherlands.
The Golden Rooster
Silent on the steeple
From his perch
He protects his people
Motionless he calls the score
A daily chore
Through the down pour
And gleaming in the sun
His day has begun
Cloaked in copper plumage
Preened permanently in place
He warms my face
Like a small sun
He is always there
High in the air
Singing Praises
To his Catholic flock
Who gaze fondly in his direction
Upon reading the steeple clock
July 12, 1998
Written while staring out my living room window at the rooster atop the weathervane on the Catholic Church in the town centre of IJsselstein, The Netherlands. I loved listening to the church bells daily.
Julia Ann Ferguson
Tags: catholic church, IJsselstein, rooster, the Netherlands, weathervanes
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