Everyday bull’s day

(Meitian de gongniu jia)

by T.P. Wilkinson / October 9th, 2022

Face yet another day

Tough and still standing,
feet firmly on the clay,
from the high range alone
to the midst of hot stone,
yet this one will face yet another day.
Rough with will, no thought astray,
among the strange still at home
nature’s spirits borne even at play.

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, October 9th, 2022 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.