Estrangement

by T.P. Wilkinson / August 5th, 2018

past
a flower
passed
a tower
lower
than my eye
could see
after
walking
through
the door
ceaseless
talking
ever more
looking
at the stones
by chance
gave
my mother’s
grave
no more
than a glance.

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, August 5th, 2018 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.