Poem
Christopher James
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Large, like storm drops,catskills fall on the roof of the cortège
as we cross the avenues.
In sunlight, our Mercedes
is as black and bright as jet stone
and as sluggish as tar.
It edges by degrees,
like eyelids toward sleep,
languid as perfume and hot leather.
Outside, the city unfolds like a hand
extending its towers
and flexing its birches at the sky.
© 2006, Christopher James
From: The Invention of Butterfly
Publisher: Ragged Raven Press,
From: The Invention of Butterfly
Publisher: Ragged Raven Press,
Christopher James
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1975)
Christopher James won the National Poetry Competition in March 2009 for his poem ‘Farewell to the Earth’. He also won the Bridport Prize in 2002 and the Ledbury Poetry Prize in 2002 and 2006. His most recent collection is The Invention of Butterfly. Christopher is also the recipient of an Eric Gregory award from the Society of Authors. His poems have appeared in The Rialto, Smiths Knoll, Londo...
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PROCESSION
Large, like storm drops,catskills fall on the roof of the cortège
as we cross the avenues.
In sunlight, our Mercedes
is as black and bright as jet stone
and as sluggish as tar.
It edges by degrees,
like eyelids toward sleep,
languid as perfume and hot leather.
Outside, the city unfolds like a hand
extending its towers
and flexing its birches at the sky.
From: The Invention of Butterfly
PROCESSION
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