Typhoon

I’ve seen a funnel cloud on the prairies and, fortunately, we out-ran it.
The devastation can be awful as we’ve all seen on the news …

TYPHOON

the wind razed all
we had … doors

broke down … hinges                          
fell off … one wall

covered in family photos
dissolved in tears

another panelled pale
grey broke into screams

the third one long cupboard
for clothes worn

and forgotten turned red
the fourth a space

once opened to a balcony
where our faces dropped

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To Bethlehem: ‘This little book is delightful, full of … poems on this timeless subject. … the most fun is the little prose vignettes of the common people in the Christ-child story. The slave who looks after the wise men’s camels, or the overworked maid at the inn who has to fetch water for the birth, and many more. A lovely gift for the reader on your Christmas list!’ Rosalind Adams. Available from Amazon and Kindle.