ElementaryThe poetic attempt
is like trying
to breathe fire
to fly through the air
to walk on water
to dig your own grave
in the earth
Irisyou use colour
with the precision
of the rainbow
curved round the sky
from land to sea
easy on the eye
impossible to touch
MermaidPerhaps I would have caught her
If I could walk on water
But I don't have a notion
How to command the ocean.
IOU of the SunTime to say yes, now it's begun,
More than we'll ever know,
I of the night, U of the sun,
Moon of the Planet O.
No More Pretty ColoursKnew my ancient bones were cursed
When the loving bubble burst:
No more pretty colours float
On the fragile storm-tossed boat.
EnlistmentTell me something to relax me,
Whisper to me, phone or fax me,
Then with equal words refringent
I'll enlist in your contingent.
Modern Poetryone-eyed words
wink
on white paper