Storm warning

by T.P. Wilkinson / December 24th, 2017

strips of paper
torn from time
slammed
against the pane
wiped by gales
from Earth’s scarred face
Trapped
by degrees
a fugitive from time
damned
to complain
soaked
to the knees
in unheard pleas
to sink to the deep
while toeing
the line.

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, December 24th, 2017 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.