Departure

(for CAM)

by T.P. Wilkinson / September 11th, 2022

Where dolphins dwell

Where the dolphins dwell
Beyond the boundaries
Beyond those sober manners
Separating swimmers from the sea
When we parted, left what we started
In the flood our favour shaken,
Solitary nights awakened,
Reaching lost, our hands well taken.

 

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, September 11th, 2022 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.