Turquoise Moon | The Pelican

The Pelican

The Pelican Shell-pink heavy weight, flaps hard To keep up with the boat Where you know there’ll be fish And work-worn hands And nets afloat. Huge billed beauty, airborne, Azure skied day, mirror seas, Carib voices, palms, slapping waves, You screech your pleasure In to the breeze. The fish flips, beak open, So strong. […]

Posted 13 years ago

Shadows – for my father.

published in Acumen. I went back to Africa, so sure I’d find you. But you were not there. On the boat – for a moment – was that you ? Smiling in to the sun ? The wind in your hair ? Oh, the shadows of the yachtsman you once were beyond the African […]

Posted 13 years ago

for kit

For Kit. through the rain, swift-moving, hand-in-hand, lamp light, towards the shelter at the end; your words warm and comfort and heal each part of my wounded mind, my friend. Catherine Broughton Click here for Belize Click here for sketches

Posted 13 years ago

Only That

Only that I shall always notice when the birds are flying south when nature calls them to warmer lands that I shall always see the spangles thrown by the sun on to the richness of the earth and the earth itself, dark and moist, and full of the secrets of generations that have gone before. […]

Posted 13 years ago

the door

if you would care to raise your head, just for a moment, you will see a door showly shutting in the breeze that has got up. If you leave that book you are reading and leap from your chair you will find there’s just enough room for you to squeeze through before the door […]

Posted 13 years ago

Mercy-May, Belize.

Mercy-May (Belize) Not even three years old, Dark eyes, no fear. Hey, little thief, have a biscuit And see what you can pinch While you’re here. Little black orphan, HIV child, I’ll be sweet to you while I can. But I can see in that small face A short limpid future And some ghastly […]

Posted 13 years ago

Poems

The Pelican

Shadows – for my father.

for kit

Only That

the door

Mercy-May, Belize.

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