Not only rivers

(Pearl of the South China Sea)

by T.P. Wilkinson / May 22nd, 2022

Macau at dusk

not only rivers
run to the sea
flowers exhale,
fish spawn,
and ants bear their loads.
Washed my eyes
once weary with tears,
through vibrant shutters,
Your sensitive lens,
Vision relieves
Where once were mere fears.

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, May 22nd, 2022 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.