Serene flotation

(dz and vem)

by T.P. Wilkinson / July 5th, 2020

A catch anticipated

Light drips
from summer skies
Winds rip
through river valleys
Gulls sip
fish from the sea
Life liquid,
viscous flows
in worried waves,
in silence wonders
where it goes.

T.P. Wilkinson, Dr. rer. pol. writes, teaches History and English, directs theatre and coaches cricket between the cradles of Heine and Saramago. He is author of Unbecoming American: A War Memoir and also Church Clothes, Land, Mission and the End of Apartheid in South Africa. Read other articles by T.P..

This article was posted on Sunday, July 5th, 2020 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.