Arrive at Schynige Platte by train
railway started in 1891 ahead alpine mountains still rising from continental crash course glaciers receding under an accelerated heat death sentence mineral grey glacial river surging down the Lutschental valley invisible virus moving so swiftly we need masks when pressed together Alpenhorn couple in traditional costumes saunter back to the station to greet arrivals notes bumping this vista green fields farmed for over a thousand years says a sign the constant of the cowbells blades of grass humming Alpen garden coloured gift between the snow flowers nodding in a temperamental breeze tiny smokey cloud sneaking up on the Shilthorn on way to evaporated emptiness two swifts dance and dive across the skyline following the line of depth disappearing in darkened valleys reappearing framed by crumbled peaks of summer before they return to Africa sun creeping west light now eight minutes old shadow of a lamp to my right lengthening two paragliders clip thermals as they eagle the languages of all the passing tourists from skipping children to hobbling grand parents, striding backpackers and smoking train-trippers all impatient to return all will return in the end Published in The Dillydoun Review, August 2021.
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Poetry Biography:I have had over 70 poems published in the following worldwide magazines and literary journals: A Handful of Stones, Acta Victoriana (Canada), All the Sins (UK), The Amethyst Review (USA), Amsterdam Quarterly (NL) The Blue Nib (Ireland), Bolts of Silk, Borderless Journal, The Brasilia Review (Brazil), Bushfire Literature & Arts Review (US), Cadenza, Cake Magazine, Carillon, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (Hong Kong), DASH (USA), Clackamas Literary Review (USA), Cooch Behar Anthology, Dawntreader, Dreamcatcher, The Dillydoun Review, Earth Love, The Ear (US), Eastlit (East Asia), Erbacce, Envoi, Finger Dance Festival, Ginosko, Gloom Cupboard, Hidden Channel, Inlandia Journal, IS&T (Ink, Sweat & Tears), Into the Void (Canada), The Journal, The Lakeview Journal (India), Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Lunch Ticket (USA) The New Writer, One Hand Clapping, Orbis, Oregon English Journal (USA), The Passage Between, Prole, Sentinel Literary Quarterly, Sonic Boom (India), Third Wednesday (USA), Of Nepalese Clay (Nepal), New Contrast (South Africa), One Hand Clapping, Opportunity Publishing, The Oregon English Journal (USA) Origami Poems Project (USA), The Paddock Review (USA), Panoplyzine (USA), Paper Swan Press, The Passage Between, The Peacock Journal (USA), Pens on Fire, Poetry Salzburg (Austria), Potomac Review, (USA) Prole, Pulsar Poetry, Rear View Poetry, Queen Mob's Teahouse, Qutub Minar Review (India), Red Ink, Shiela-Na-Gig (USA), South Bank Poetry Magazine, Stand, Waterford Teachers Centre, (Ireland) We Are a Website New Literary Journal (Singapore), Weber - The Contemporary West Review (USA), Windfall (USA), Writing Magazine, Words for the Wild and Verbal Art (India). Archives
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