HOW SWEET AND LOVELY

ARE THE THINGS I FOUND

when I knew I wouldn’t die

that day

released from terror’s threat

back amongst the living

Things that had started to slip my grasp

suddenly became alive and clear

full of colour

even my untidy kitchen

sang hymns to life in the dirty delft

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This work is included in the recently published collaboration, Dare I Say It, with poet Chris O'Toole.  See Poems & Publications page.