Tuesday, 10 November 2020

A Poem a Day (296): Pantoum: in the fog

 
Pantoum: in the fog
 
In the fog hidden we speak in riddles,
convoluted frames within frames.
Creating circles of thankless things
we skip puddles in the starstruck woods.
 
Convoluted frames within frames,
these lanes twist, shrivel by night.
We skip puddles in the starstruck woods,
A speckled thrush our only guide.
 
These lanes twist, shrivel by night.
We pass as ghosts, walking backward,
A speckled thrush our only guide,
When our only option is to go forward.
 
We pass as ghosts, travelling backward,
Lost in circles of thankless night,
When our only option is to go forward.
In the fog, hidden, we speak of riddles.
 
Copyright Vickie Johnstone, November 10, 2020
 
 

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