Thursday, 7 March 2024

#1529 - hiapo




1529

5.68

8.iii.24

hiapo

ekphrastic for John Pule’s 1998 ‘Mercy’

 

bones!

of the eye blear

past wash

 

a chequerboard shield of the sea

a lost cross

legs gone

 

some bird larger

 

edge frays to wall

 

fine lines!

a shield, this burial

 

the angel

and with teeth come

 

think once how our distance was safe

 

sex worship

the animal spanner

flight path

church plate

 

and arrows

an island heart

 

stairs falling, stars

 

a figure frames the camera catch


fish to swallow boat whole

 

an urgent creep of cloud

great eye

 

anguish among

 

a blinding if sun shows

 

none of this is signed

 

there is no face found here

 

make mine the mortal remains






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