by Rab Eden | Poems for a Summer Day
Creep and eat across the leavesAnd planYour plan without a word. All the same, I deprecate these holes; they reduce my efforts at photosynthesis. I would have preferred the plan not to have depended on eating bits out of me, even although what is left may be destined... by Rab Eden | Poems for a Summer Day
A wandering fairy made her of rain and sun and soil And gave her the promise of lovetime in the spring, So her soul went into the dark roots, twisted, determined and grim, Thrusting and seeking and finding Colour for spring. The winds and the storm clouds mingle, sad... by Rab Eden | Poems for a Summer Day
A smile here more, a smile here less,And phantom worlds are lost in night,Phantom eyes fade from the lightAs the glittering dancers pass. Mirror, mirror in the sky,Aurora Nothing is the name,Silent lights without a flame,Which dance as the phantoms pass. Colour comes... by Rab Eden | Poems for a Summer Day
I slaughtered her, my sunflower. I could probably not have done so had she been wired to an electroencephalograph, showing her hopes and fears and loyalties. She was my friend, but when the day came I took a saw and calmly hacked her down. I heard her make no cry, but... by Rab Eden | Poems for a Summer Day
This pig only lived through my wish To have mucked-up pig on my plate; I apologise to him all the same For his rather regrettable state. But then, porridge is mucked-up oats, Ant this pout was last evening’s kiss. Every this is a mucked-up that And remorse is...