poetry from editions 1

Steve Thorp ‘s editions is a themed series of poetry pamphlets. The first of the series is rich in the themes that fascinate Steve and preoccupy his writing and thinking: landscape, metaphor and the symbols of imagination, experience and belief. Observational, reflective and emotional, this collection of 20 poems is the latest addition to Steve Thorp’s growing body of work available in pamphlets, poetry boxes and online.

Below you’ll find a selection of poems from editions 1.

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1. After-light

Words
Trickle down
From a darkening
Otherworld

After-light,
Misted and smudged,
Creeps in

This early,
Whispered
Birdsong has only
One meaning

A day conceived
In the glimmer of
A summer
Half-morning

Breathe:
That is the sign
Of your life

Then touch one
You love
And gift them
What they most desire

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2. Love is a morning fire

Love is a morning fire fuelled
By Dylan’s words

A grey wind outside invites
Me to stay here with you and the promise
Of heaven in the logs I feed

I pause, share words with you,
Sit with gentle emotion

A flickered thought from the poet’s voice:
How can I write of love, of morning fires or
Evoke anything of weight?

Then a gospel layers in and I write of
Miracles, wondering if I love
(I search for the right word)
Appropriately, passionately,
Intuitively, honestly;

Honesty
With myself, with you, with God -
Who I imagine I see
Flickering in the morning fire,
Fluttering in the morning wind,
Shining in your eyes.

© 2008 Steve Thorp

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