Wednesday, 28 February 2024

A Poem a Day (624): Light notes

 
Light notes
 
Light after rain,
a calling card,
lingers in the crevices,
the gaps, this after-song
to water, hope lifted.
 
Pale sky, bluest eggshell,
white wisps drift, blow freely,
write words out of captivity
in a burst lasting seconds,
brush the sun into distance.
 
High on wet tiles, a seagull
sculpted, zip-suited white,
wings tightly in, grey pants,
keen eye. He is your lookout,
can play the peacock for hours.
 
Clouds scurry to wait for you,
patient on the horizon, a note,
a promise that can’t be touched.
Night yearns, locked, drowned out
by this incandescent rain.
 
Vickie Johnstone, February 27-28, 2024


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