by Rab Eden | Poems for a Summer Day
Fluttering stardust brushed meAs she faltered in her flight,And the touch of her wings was lightning in the dusk …But when she was gone there was nothing there,Save the empty breeze in the passing year. Sprite from another worldPleaseReturn once again like the... by Rab Eden | Poems for a Summer Day
Statistics for an anonymous sperm Are you half bird or half a monster,Half insect of half questing man?Just now, who cares?Keep wriggling fast;I fear this race might be your last. A sort of Roman race, where dieAll those who do not lead the field,No quarter given,No... by Rab Eden | Poems for a Summer Day
Come Apple Crisp as an Autumn day Firm red-streaked greenness Quietly satisfied with your own version of off-roundedness Snuggling hopefully in my hand For what? Born To tempt The eye and nose and touch Of roaming omnivores, You live not to make love nor a cultural... by Rab Eden | Poems for a Summer Day
Blue is the theme here, Blue wall fading in the distance. Coral stems thrusting to the sunlight, from blueness into gold, Then failing; Falling as broken blocks and slowly trickling sand To deeper blue. Living and dying at the same time, But mostly dying. Gentle... by Rab Eden | Poems for a Summer Day
Why do you exhaust yourself, butterfly, Beating into the winds from the sea? These are the South East Trades you know; They like to blow at twenty knots. Are you drawn towards where the green water merges to the blue? And the blue sky to the blue mist? Or do you seek...