Dreams repeating

(In Anhui)

by T.P. Wilkinson / April 10th, 2022

In a dream

Geese flying south
A feathered arrow
In the night sky.
Snow left behind.
The reeds and lakes await.
Now I am in a dream
the winter’s end I find,
the dream before I know

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, April 10th, 2022 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.