The Damascus Time-Keeper

by Stefanie Bennett / March 4th, 2018

The sulphur-crested
Shrike may
Well have
Been you

Accompanying
The predisposed
Lowlands
Of sorrow that

Found me – amid
Thistle
And vine,
Nonplussed

…Everlastingly
Untended.

Stefanie Bennett, ex-blues singer and musician, has published several books of poetry, a novel, and a libretto. She also worked with Arts Action For Peace. Of mixed ancestry [Irish/Italian/Paugussett-Shawnee] she was born in Australia in 1945. Read other articles by Stefanie.

This article was posted on Sunday, March 4th, 2018 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.