the last revengeful bursts
from the splintered concrete
of her mirrored and crackled face
this magnolia blossom spring
which sees her spike-grey eyes stare out
upon the rumbling sea
and her white-grey hair plumed up
and brushed in early spring's pacific winds
now currently prevailing
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gw2011
After Ted Hughes' poem Thistles
WODWO 1967 Faber & Faber
Yes, thanks for the reference to Ted Hughes' poem, Gwilym -- else this would have been confusing :)
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devika
Let's hope that the wind does not change direction.
ReplyDeleteThanks Devika. I wouldn't dream of confusing you :), I think poets should include footnotes when required - many don't so they can appear mysteriously elevated.
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ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't want to breathe this stuff. The cloud is already in USA. But in the sea will be a big problem. The radioactive fish will be carried thousands miles by the waves- take care what you eat.
:) very much agree that footnotes are required sometimes, Gwilym,
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devika
dangerous times Gwilym
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Yes, John, and the amount of seismic activity around the so-called ring of fire is, if you'll pardon the pun quite unsettling.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to update the seismic rumbles a couple of time a day.There could be another big one in the offing, especially I feel if the sunspots were to come back in the nest couple of days. At the moment the plasma is shooting away from earth.
Good poem! Deserves to be widely disseminated.
ReplyDeleteAs for footnotes, I think Basil Bunting set a good example: a great Modernist poem, with very down to earth footnotes, my favourite being (more or less, as I remember it):
"Scone - to rhyme with "on"; not, for heaven's sake, "own".
Many thanks, Dominic.
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