Your fine shadow

(SMA)

by T.P. Wilkinson / October 23rd, 2022

Worn stones, well trodden

Slight lamp beside your book unopened
Tight moments extended from afar
Worn stones before your feet well trodden
Torn hopes caught in the door ajar
Words approach in an autumn gale
Round the world by steam or sail
Dripping through the old cracked roof
Love collects with earthen proof

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 23rd, 2022 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.