Bearded Oaks Themes
Time
When you hear the phrase "out of time," you might think your time's up (or you might think of an old R.E.M. album). In any case, it's hard to find time to step out of the tick-tick-tick of time, to...
Passivity
If you'll pardon the pun, you could call "Bearded Oaks" an idle idyll. Take a scene from nature, add two lethargic, blissed-out lovers, let them lie there for an hour not talking or moving or doing...
Man and the Natural World
You'd think a poem about oaks would have more about oaks. But, as with other metaphysical poems, this guy starts with something real, a bit of nature, then gets pretty quickly into Man's relationsh...
Death
Sometimes when sunlight comes down at just the right angle, when you're with someone special, when everything feels so beautiful and still, it makes you feel completely alive, yet, at the same time...