the hay’s first turn
the loose scent
of centuries
Author: Lynne Rees
Lynne Rees is a Welsh writer and editor. Her most recent publications, Real Port Talbot (2013 & 2021) and Remembering Morfa: Coal, Catastrophe & Courage (2020) explore stories from her hometown in South Wales through a collage of genres, including historical research, contemporary journalism, memoir, photography and poetry.
a little closer
to my old self
fresh snow
sunrise
barred light on the walls
of the deportation centre
sunset fishing the flood tide catching the light
the slow time
between freeze and thaw
what am I waiting for?
fresh line bait the look in the pelican’s eye
bonfire smoke
we talk about
our disappointments
tinted mirror
what I think
I believe
queen-size bed
sometimes I wonder
where you go to
drinks on the beach
the jiggle
in a pelican’s throat
at the top of the hill
I am still
the same size
first published in Roadrunner August 2006
all this green forgiving the rain