The Poetry of Richard Sansom
Published by The British Sansom Society
Poetess
Poetess

She was a tinsel thing, featherless bird
carried on crystal mornings,
blue iris mornings, mornings of suddenness
held like a jewel of great renown.

Over her light there spilled
a wondrous gown across the earth
and she caught everything
in baskets of light, prismed into bracelets,
poured into goblets, her light,

Then she left a spear, a ribboned spear
thrown up to catch what remained.

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