Thursday 30 May 2013

One of my PA poems


THE ART OF SWIMMING


pa never learned to swim
once a year
he stood in grey woollen trunks
off the shore
with swan-wing shoulders
his unaccustomed flesh
blinking at the light

i’m unable to swim
pa confessed
but able to believe
i can
it’s a knack i have

lucky pa
swimming in eternity

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