Naked on the Solent boardwalks
we jabber with swarming horseflies
thick air bloomy and pungent
sweeping our rivers along to the shore
We tangle with wild brambles
and our slender shadows blur and recoil
No telling how deep the water runs
but we leap regardless
burned shoulders soothed again
in the rush...
Rippling
back through the surface
miraculously hand in hand
there is no one around to applaud our bravery
but a few startled gulls
whose fishing we have ruined
After reading this poem I feel it's worthy of being called a change. I welcome you to my blog.
ReplyDeleteWonderful opening lines:
ReplyDeleteNaked on the Solent boardwalks
we jabber with swarming horseflies
There's a welcome haiku sparseness in the couplets, great movement through the poem making you want to read couplet after couplet, and a beautifully observed 'simple moment' sustained throughout.