AND NOW advice for the insignificantA Poem by ThurstonPrepare to find outPREPARE lie down to look at kites (expansively poised ever ahead of the whooping hobbyist gaping with nets) -- rest assured of gravity-- (but shrunk to the giant boy of lumbering worlds slendering away -- remote wish -- tugging at his head) TO FIND -- solitary yacht -- a pure devotion floating deeper than streets through all the quiet pipes but paper boats and kites come back like maps travelled tails of print and pert mother-folded sails structures of miracle and faith threatening to unravel keep them away with string stay and tensely hold OUT fingers vigorous with news. © 2010 Thurston |
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Added on September 24, 2010 Last Updated on September 24, 2010 AuthorThurstonHuntly, North Waikato, New ZealandAboutI enjoy James K. Baxter, Jon Silkin, Sylvia Plath, to begin with. Want to live forever. Yet to write my best poem, but have been equal runner-up in Commonwealth Poetry Award 1976 for my book Believed .. more..Writing
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