Ardgillan
Sequence
For my daughter
1.
Rebecca
she
runs upon
the
open green
the
Black Hills
as a back
drop
with a
field
of
crows
for
company
as she
chases them
all six
years
of her
pell-mell
under
the sun
the
burst of wings
takes
flight
2.
Oak
Leaves
the
small green
palms
of the
outspread
hands
float
above
you
the
branches
upright
moor
the vessels
upon
the blue
craft
of the
sky
3.
Lichtung
the
slender trunks
in
legions
are
elephant
above
the
spiralling
cymbal
the sun
crashes
through
the
top-most branches
flooding
the floor
of the
forest
in a
riot
of
shapes
and
shadow
there
all
manner
of
stories
and
tales
are
born
to
animate
future
generations
4.
The
Citadel
from
the verdant
tower
of the
top-most
dwelling
the
polyphony
of the
chirps
warbles
and
chatter
sing
the sky
dwellers
in
winged symphony
offer
air-ward
the
news
that
the petals
and
leaves
are
fall
This poem cycle first appeared in The Gladstone Readings Anthology ( 2017)
