Most people know nothing of silence.
The sun is coming down
and the tide up
the grammar of clear water
will have a calming effect.
In the dying light, we remember
the winter of locusts
and how children are taught
to ignore flowers.
We’re moving carefully backward
through the bad weather.
Soon it will not have begun.
lulling.
Love the coupling of the lines.
This is unfolding gorgeously.. that last line is stunning!
A.Joy
Thanks so much Amanda. Am still writing new pieces in this series, so it will be interesting to see where it takes me…
A great addition to the series, Graham – that line
We’re moving carefully backward
through the bad weather.
Is a real standout. I like the cautious hope within it, especially with the sadness the rest of the poem holds
Am really enjoying writing this one Ash… never know, it mat be the centrepiece of a new collection,
For me…the final line was just brilliant!
thanks as always for reading slp.
WHAT ABOUT NOW
Most people don’t existe
Except when they’re invented
For whatever someone needs
To build a new landscape
Or supposed to be new
Most people and I
Are twinning shadows
Parts of my mind
Which still believe
In a soon that never lived