Saturday 3 January 2009

My ultimate post-modern pastiche (revised)

I cannot

splash colours

on scraps of dirty paper

or trill on silver flute


my singing would

scare the crows

from the battlements

at Stirling Castle


this isn’t a poem

to move bones against

clay in buried urns


this is

my map of you

what letters are made of

my ultimate

post-modern

pastiche

2 comments:

Andy Sewina said...

Hi Carole, I think the first one works best, sorry.

Dave King said...

I haven't seen any earlier versions, but this one works well for me. It is tight and well constructed and the thought both took me along and surprised me. The idea driving it resonates with me.