Spring is here, wild weather so far but gorgeous bursts of yellow springing through and I send offerings out into the world, in the form of grant applications, and various kinds of poems and collected things.
The fabulous walk · listen · create held a writing competition recently in which they asked people to submit poetry or prose for 250 words or under on the theme of “Walking Together”. You can check the longlist out here
My poem didn’t make the cut but I share it for you here with some images and hope it brings you some yellow-bathed, nector-dripping joy, whatever the weather….
To wear it is to crease it (seeking after Sappho)
To wear it is to crease it,
To release it from its holy skin
It’s seal broken, and ready to begin
Bare foot on earth,
the foot that gathers mirk amid its mirth,
Our wobbly wanderings,
that fold our longings out,
and thread our findings in,
muddy-ing and honey-ing
the golden earth
Blessings sung and sorrows wrung
at Greece’s watery borders,
And yellow flower headdresses spun
in thoughts of dancing daughters
To dance is to drip,
to weave ephemeral monuments to the moment
Footsteps of river water
and garlands of weeds and sun,
fibre and flora
Float them, muses old and young,
With nectar on our tongues
A northern Greek sunrise
Desk things and yellow strings
Scores
Little worlds