Monday 22 January 2018

The Pursuit #3




the blossoms are ashes
    the blossoms are rotten and from his ashes
dead and rotten and from his
    he is dead and rotten
and from again
    he is dead and rotten and he cannot rise again
he is dead and grave he cannot rise again
    he is his grave he cannot rise again
over his grave he cannot rise
    grown over his grave
have grown over his bluebells
    have grown over cowslips and bluebells
have grown but when cowslips and bluebells have
    and daffodils
but when cowslips and bluebells
    and primroses and daffodils
but when cowslips and violets
    and primroses and daffodils
but when with violets and primroses and daffodils
    alive with violets and primroses
mould alive with violets
    up through mould
alive with
    rise up through mould
alive may rise up
    through mould Winter may rise up
through that Winter may rise
    of that Winter
may sure of that Winter
    quite sure of that
was quite sure of
    I was quite sure
Winter I was quite of Winter
    I was the grave of Winter
I lay upon the grave of Winter
    they lay upon the grave of
but they lay upon the grave
    wilt, but they lay upon to wilt
but they beginning to wilt
    but they were beginning to wilt
they were beginning to
    they were beginning
they were


Sunday 21 January 2018

The Pursuit #2




rainbow that rainbow
    fallen out of that
fragments fallen out of
    they had been fragments fallen out
as if they had been fragments fallen
    they were as if they had been fragments
the sun they were as if they had been something
    here in the sun they were as if
have been something here in the sun they were
    would have been something here in the sun
Monday would have been something here
    in an Easter Monday would have been
on an Easter Monday would
    far off on an Easter Monday
from far off on an Easter
    brought from far off on the rain
brought from far off
    the rain brought from the rain brought the rain