Guyu

(Grain Rain)

by T.P. Wilkinson / April 30th, 2023

In thoughts green clinging (Photo: Faye Sarras)

When young between the leaves
between the nearly ripened cobs
caught in the showers of grain
To chase my friends so sweet
In whose rows and ranks did walk
Only to find where sweetness rose
in thoughts green clinging
to our hearts not to the stalks.

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, April 30th, 2023 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.