Wednesday, 4 May 2022

vale Jill McKeowen

 




 

vale Jill McKeowen

 

…and rags of cloud absorb the last

flash of brilliance from the light

diffusing now until complete

darkness sends a small shock.

                 – Jill McKeowen’s ‘Still Life’

 

fare well

and thank you for your words

they live

they catch our breath

 

we will meet in your book

that’s a conversation

in a garden

 

it’s where no words suffice for wonder

though they are all that we have

 

things in the view

and the view

will be gone

but today we are reading your words

 

it falls to us to flower

it is beautiful to have been

 

your words as alive

as last week as next year

 

and keep hearts lit their way








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