poetry from editions 2

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

Below you’ll find a selection of poems from editions 2.

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Gentle

We want our lives to be gentle
And wish, at the same time,
For the brutality of our destiny;

Our lovers should be tender,
Yet ravish us with a scalding touch;

We yearn for the caress of
Summer winds,
And to be left as dead,
Torn by the teeth of winter storms.

For I am a soft and simple bairn,
A callous wolf, a beast in the cradle,
A child in the woods,
The darkening flow of a drowning river,
A freezing glance,
A gentle rage and a final sigh.

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A bird alights

Yearning completes the day
And longing lights it

Is fear, then, just a silent moon?
Yes, joy dispels it!

Death soars – a plaintive, poignant song,
Then dreams anoint it,

And on a grey and lichened branch,
A bright, flame-feathered bird alights,

And love is lost and unrequited,
Yet still desire compels it.

© 2008 Steve Thorp

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