“Viewpoints”
INDECISION
pebbles smooth mottled
held in the estuary mud
drift restlessly in the ooze
awaiting the ebb tide
or the river’s final rush
HISTORY
a deep snowdrift
myriad footprints
a thousand journeys
frozen in a
moment of
time
PERSPECTIVE
a flea seen through a
microscope
the great wall of China
seen from outer
space
OBLIVION
the red sky of evening
cut into odd shapes
by overhanging branches
awaits night’s resolution
A Man for All Seasons
He was unique, his old trousers tied up with string, One long thumb nail, grown to untie knots in binder twine! Horse whisperer, sheepdog trainer, pig breeder, cattleman, Out in the fields, fence mending, reading the cloud runes. Watching leaden skies, prepared for the sullen face of the winter solstice Dark, threatening, Saint Lucy’s Day, One light in the mothy darkness. Deep drifts, a mid-winter wilderness. Yet he was cutting logs for bright kitchen fires, Rich blazing flames of orange, red to challenge The resolute, primeval darkness. Soaked by rain, hair thatched with snow, His soul lies beneath the frozen plough, Awaiting another Spring!
Sarah Das Gupta is a retired English teacher who has worked in UK, India, Africa. She now lives near Cambridge, UK. Her work has been published online and in print in a number of magazines/journals. There include: ‘Paddle’, ‘The Chamber’, ‘Grave Light Anthology’, ‘Waywords’, ‘Shall ot’, ‘Cosmic Daffodils’, ‘Dorothy Parker’s Ashes’, ‘Mule Skinners’ and others.Her interests include, the countryside, horse racing, history and ghosts.
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