6 Compression Poems
woman washing
smoke
shifts sunlight
& a shadow gunman
blocks my exit | magnetic hands
agitate for a no-nonsense approach
& streets of symmetry swirl
& break up
morning begins at the window
of a woman washing
red-frosted light
through red-frosted light i walk by one man’s inheritance |
i risk the loss of purities | the untampered with scrolls of thought
Hypatia’s theatre of yellow hibiscus moons | i risk not hearing
the apple core’s ticking the earth’s showcase in a fat man’s skin
church on fire
the church on fire
sings then burns out
the day tightens its collar
& crack-lipped orchids
drop their mouths
last night’s dreams
you wonder at the wintering out amongst last night’s dreams
pensioned off | the plucking of narratives from Elysian enclosures
prescription
the lake has changed | i swallow
small white capsules nightly
namesakes
i cross the paths of namesakes
who work on illusions
who pour apple juice into glasses
who leave bread & fruit
for strangers | Samaritans |
poets on the warpath | who leave
bread & fruit for other folk | who
search for children at lost addresses
Poems are regularly published in NZ and internationally. Since 2008, Iain has had five collections of poems published, mainly in the UK. A new collection of poetry THE INTALGIO POEMS will be published by Hesterglock Press (UK), 2017.
