His last curated object
seafruit of a Lampedusa shore
ship wood soaked in sorrow
paint and nails and loss
repurposed by a carpenter
powerless and lost
his tools and art have spoken
at this relic tears have fallen
the very wood of all failed crossings
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Clive Dee is a poet and freelance software engineer. Formerly an Anglican Priest who lost his personal faith along the way. Clive lives near the Malvern Hills in the west of Britain and treasures the edges. His poetry has been published on “The Screech Owl” and “Three Drops from a Cauldron” and he performs regularly at spoken word events.
I am not a silent poet 