Rain routes

by T.P. Wilkinson / August 20th, 2023

Striking after showers (Photo: Faye Sarras)

Rising illuminated
Closely inhabited
Striking after showers
These multi-windowed towers
An oasis of arboreal concrete
Caravans pass
apertures of glass
With no expectations to meet.

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, August 20th, 2023 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.