James McGurk’s most recent poem to appear here was When time stops (July 2013).
Helios
By James McGurk
Helios
By James McGurk
The sun
a rose
flowering
in the gloamingPetals tumbling
across a windless sky
mosaic into mosaic
a rose
flowering
in the gloamingPetals tumbling
across a windless sky
mosaic into mosaic
An efflorescence feast
slipping beneath
weeping waves
Wearing a death mask
and howling
for the dawn
