Chloe O'brien
06-10-2005, 12:02
As today is National Poetry Day I thought it would be a good Idea if anyone had a poem they wish to share:
Pushing forty
Just before winter
we see the trees show
their true colours:
the mad yellow of chestnuts
two maples like blood sisters
the orange beech
braver than lipstick
Pushing forty, we vow
that when the time comes
rather than wither
ladylike and white
we will henna our hair
like Colette, we too
will be gold and red
and go out
Alison Fell
From Dreams, like heretics: new and selected poems
Serpent's Tail, 1997
Pushing forty
Just before winter
we see the trees show
their true colours:
the mad yellow of chestnuts
two maples like blood sisters
the orange beech
braver than lipstick
Pushing forty, we vow
that when the time comes
rather than wither
ladylike and white
we will henna our hair
like Colette, we too
will be gold and red
and go out
Alison Fell
From Dreams, like heretics: new and selected poems
Serpent's Tail, 1997