Friday, April 05, 2013
About us
This line tells you
what we want you to know
about this line of business
the business of which
is the mind alone
and it tells how things rest
in a jumbled order
like the pronunciation of English
But further it speaks of
resounding words
presented on behalf of
revenants and figments
of disorderly souls
Announcing our distinction from the rest
we wish you to understand
that poems are but dreams
riddled with words
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
A tiny scent of smoke
A tiny scent of smoke
pockets of distant fire work
and a chopper cuts the dark
into the rhythm of its blades
That melancholy celebration
is a feast of burning leaves
and its restless audience
wishes for light and dance
Seagulls panic
Lear beckons
The zoo disgorges its guests
Disturbing air on black sky
signals shocking freedom
Those who were attending carefully this
night
will recall it as exposed as
a scary bend on the old road down
Colours make more sense now
and sleep obscures print
but the fading season fades
despite the call never to end
Grant Duncan, 8.3.13