Amy Kitchener's Angels Without Wings Foundation
Presents the 2008 Colorado Senior Poet Laureate


C. L. Farmer

C. L. FARMER, 67, Arvada, Colorado, is a Vietnam-era veteran. He graduated from Florida State University in 1963 and resigned his commission as U. S. Army Captain in 1969. He is a semi-retired journeyman welder and metal sculptor who now creates poems instead of sculpture. His sign is Virgo.

to live well    live unseen


Motto of René Descartes after Galileo was
condemned a heretic by the Holy Inquisition
for promoting his heliocentric theory. Year 1634

beware of what the master gleans
'tis not known if thou art favored
to live well    live unseen

slow wit feigned veils mark of genius
midst churches filled with pompous mavins
beware of what the master gleans

from common fleece it's best to weave
simple shifts 'neath coat sleeves frayed
to live well    live unseen

raise not the ire of papacy
boasting fruits of learned labor
beware of what the master gleans

priests in royal raiments scheme
putting heretics to the flame
to live well    live unseen

should grace be mete with truth revealed
let obscurity be thy haven
beware of what the master gleans
to live well     live unseen

C. L. Farmer
Arvada, Colorado