Two poems about our present predicament. The first concerns the Babacombe Cliff Railway, which is now closed for the duration.
The last ride on the Cliff Railway for the
foreseeable future
we
remain the safe social distance apart
smile
but do not speak
for
what is there to say
at
least the spring has been closed
each
person’s isolation beckons
This second poem was written in response to a prompt from Secret Poet Liz. The prompt concerned two people and a discarded Corona beer bottle.
once
she would have picked up that corona bottle
the
morning after the merry makers had left it there
along
with any other litter
thoughtlessly
scattered by the through traffic
wary
of infection
she
leaves it be
notes
its seeming permanence
every
morning now she keeps herself to herself
he
concentrates on keeping his distance
no
jane austin character was ever more precise
they
pause they do not speak
he
double checks the space between
Liz suggested scrapping the first two stanzas and on reflection I think she is correct.
I'll let you edit it for yourself.
Here's Sean Taylor. Like all musicians he makes his living from playing live, which in the present circumstances is impossible. Please do what you can to help Sean and other creative people like him survive this crisis.
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