Month: November 2015

Song Line

for Daniel

 

the country singer has gone to the city

packed all his chords and a harp

how the voice of love sings

in New York

his part in the harmony

stepping between tramways

along avenues

he finds a new stanza

picked like a flower, put

to the lips of new promise

and meeting her with

soft-eyed recitals 

in cafes and bars

the tenderness

singing

awakening each heart

 

MChallis © 2015

Wind

From ambivalence to ferocity, she
Touching everything at times
Gently her soft hair over
Follicles and skin through
Reeds in marshes and then

Grassy planes
Across thresholds
To the leaves of autumn
From antipodes to tropics
From arctics to alps

Even the immovable
Will feel her
And they also
Will tremble

MChallis @ 2015