Tuesday poem #616 : Beth Follett : Store Window View #6

1973
Watercolour

 

 

Where shall I make my home?
          In the vast emptiness of
          the spacious heart? Its four
          chambers, its four seasons?
          My childhood home in the
          left ventricle, beach umbrella below.

Night sky, Perseids in August,
          all the skies of summer, heavy
          as forest, as dreams.

Where shall I make my home?
          In the vast memory of the
          shadow world? The river of
          childhood, its four seasons.
          Desire in the right ventricle,
          my secret place below.

Where shall I take the colour blue?
          I could make my home in sorrow’s
          face, its four seasons,
          Maxfield Parrish blue.
          The road below the house,
          below the night sky, the road
          through story, through
          river, the road, the
          dance, four seasons.

 

 

 

Beth Follett lives in St. John’s NL. She was the publisher of Pedlar Press for twenty-five years.

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