Poem
Kathryn Daszkiewicz
LEAF DANCE
LEAF DANCE
LEAF DANCE
As the broad palms of the horse chestnutlaid claim to her whiteness, he was
touched by their reverence — summer
candles held high as if to see her better.
Heart-shaped leaves of aspen
Chinese-whispered, hissing of lovers
kissing in the grasses. The impotent ash
could only jangle last year’s keys.
Now, as bare trees vein the sky
he is taunted by evergreens which fail
to screen a watery winter sun.
And the leaf between
the pages of the book which he slid
laughing from her hands that day
floats from its chapter, a brittle ghost.
And what once danced is stilled.
© 2008, Kathryn Daszkiewicz
Publisher: First Published on PIW,
Publisher: First Published on PIW,
Kathryn Daszkiewicz
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961)
Kathryn Daszkiewicz was born and brought up in Gosforth, near Newcastle, in the north east of England and studied English at Leeds University. A former student of the creative writing MPhil at Glamorgan, she now lives in Grantham, Lincolnshire, where she works as a teacher.
Kathryn did not start writing until her early thirties and since then has been widely published in magazines including The ...
Kathryn did not start writing until her early thirties and since then has been widely published in magazines including The ...
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LEAF DANCE
As the broad palms of the horse chestnutlaid claim to her whiteness, he was
touched by their reverence — summer
candles held high as if to see her better.
Heart-shaped leaves of aspen
Chinese-whispered, hissing of lovers
kissing in the grasses. The impotent ash
could only jangle last year’s keys.
Now, as bare trees vein the sky
he is taunted by evergreens which fail
to screen a watery winter sun.
And the leaf between
the pages of the book which he slid
laughing from her hands that day
floats from its chapter, a brittle ghost.
And what once danced is stilled.
LEAF DANCE
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