Quartermaster

by Wei Santang / December 24th, 2023

Top of clouds, coloured sky (Photo: Faye Sarras)

While we age in common view
Forgetting soon is nothing new
The top of clouds, the coloured sky
Distant swells, storm waves high
Our speed and bearing do restrain
Unnoticed until we feel the pain
Frequencies, bandwidth extended
Signalling till the broadcast ended.

Wei Santang is a scholar born and educated in the Far West in the second half of the 20th century. Faye Sarras teaches English and records the activities of plants from the mountains to the garden to the kitchen. Faye and Santang are the authors of In Solar Terms. Wei Santang is also author of Fruit of the Vine and Work of Human Hands (forthcoming). Read other articles by Wei.

This article was posted on Sunday, December 24th, 2023 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.