Works and Days of Division – 29 poems by Martyn Crucefix
Drawing on two disparate sources, this sequence of mongrel-bred poems has been written to respond to the historical moment in this most disunited kingdom. Hesiod’s Works and Days – probably the oldest poem in the Western canon – is a poem driven by a dispute between brothers. The so-called vacana poems originate in the bhakti religious protest movements in 10-12th century India. Through plain language, repetition and refrain, they offer praise to the god, Siva, though they also express personal anger, puzzlement, even despair. Dear reader – if you like what you find here, please share the poems as widely as you can (no copyright restrictions). Or follow this blog for future postings. Bridges need building.
Sunday 3.03.2019
‘watch the child at her bright picture book’
i.m. Bernice Joyce Hale
watch the child at her bright picture book
how she mutters
how she gazes into mid-air
her several gestures are of several kinds
it’s as if she does
the different voices herself
while gazing up into mid-air
her mother at her cooling latte
at her macchiato
at her cooling skinny medium cappuccino
at her americano her mother
at her frappucino rising to room temperature
her mother’s ears securely wired
with two scarlet buds
she gazes for minutes into the middle distance
hot red wires snaking into her lap
all the bridges down
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