snap (john paul II)
the poet is dead.
millions of fans
the world round
twist sonnet beads
in their sorrowful hands
the poet is dead.
other poets arrive
in jeans and t-shirts
to elect another leader
while down on the beach
a child writes in the sand
'Goralu czy ci nie zal?'
hermit song
broadcast from shells
rolls on the reef
Andrew
Mt Lawley 13.4.05
*Polish folksong 'Mountain man, aren't you sad at leaving your home?'
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