David P. Miller
The Parable of the Sower
The teacher said:
A sower went out to sow.
Some seeds fell along the path.
The birds devoured them
and straightway perished, wailing to their bird god.
Other seeds fell on rocky ground.
The rock disintegrated, rasping into a tainted air.
The people came to look where the seeds had fallen.
They found wells of darkness and putrid breath.
Other seeds fell upon thorns.
The thorns found the seeds wholesome
for their needs. They ravaged so that
neither vineyards nor wheatfields could be seen.
Other seeds fell on generous soil.
They brought forth their same kind again,
a thousandfold eruption. The sower
rejoiced in his harvest and went again to sow.
The teacher said:
He who has,
let him.
After Matthew 13:1-9
David P. Miller’s chapbook, The Afterimages, was published by Červená Barva Press. His poems have recently appeared in Meat for Tea, riverbabble, Nixes Mate Review, Naugatuck River Review, HedgeApple, Gravel, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, DadaBloge, and What Rough Beast, among others. His poem “Kneeling Woman and Dog,” first published in Meat for Tea, was included in the 2015 edition of Best Indie Lit New England. With a background in experimental theater before turning to poetry, David was a member of the multidisciplinary Mobius Artists Group of Boston for 25 years. He was a librarian at Curry College in Milton, Mass., from which he retired in June 2018.
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