DREAM SWITCH

Here is a poem that arose from the first line, it snaked around my skull for a week or so before gracing the page. At the moment that seems to be how I write, thoughts before ink so to speak. I used to write everything down immediately. I don't think one way is superior to the other, the main thing is to acknowledge the idea.
The second half of the poem came later and I am not sure that it is clear.
It took a couple of drafts to arrive at the layout. I think the spacing adds to the effect.

he swapped his wife for the radio

by acrimony not by choice

disillusion, breakdown, loss

and here he is in the night

twisting in memory soaked sheets

balancing sleeplessness against recrimination

the pressure of the night compresses the World Service

dream switch

to a grandstand view

of his hopes falling at the first hurdle

then dead horse heavy

he is trapped beneath

it will take years to get free

I have just received the new cd by Brooke Sharkey and I am off to see her tonight in Totnes. It is truly excellent and I shall be reviewing it next week.
She just gets better and better,

Here's a house concert from earlier in the year.

Until next time.