Moist geometry unfurls.
Dawn flushes the birds
from their silence
Dawn flushes the birds
from their silence
— hectic petticoats trimmed
with disappearing mist —
and there, under a shaggy hem
with disappearing mist —
and there, under a shaggy hem
of pines, the monster Grendel
stealing home, mouth full
of pinking shears.
stealing home, mouth full
of pinking shears.
His rough palm grips the bruised
root of a plant torn
from a mountainside
root of a plant torn
from a mountainside
releasing scent of a more
legendary bloom.
His pelt
legendary bloom.
His pelt
glistens, the girl’s words
trapped moths
in his uncomprehending ears.
trapped moths
in his uncomprehending ears.
Wings of flowers
fall and star
the path behind him
fall and star
the path behind him
as he travels
swiftly over the ground
breathing breathing.
swiftly over the ground
breathing breathing.
Sharpe, I. (Ed.). (2001, January 1). Best New Zealand Poems 2001. Retrieved from http://www.victoria.ac.nz/modernletters/bnzp/2001/home.html
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