POETRY IS LIKE TAKING A DEEP BREATH

Saturday 29 June 2013

WATER-BURN

The large blue Horse*



We should have been galloping on horses, their hoofprints
Splashes of light, divots kicked out of the darkness,
Or hauling up lobster pots in a wake of sparks. Where
Were the otters and seals? Were the dolphins on fire?
Yes, we should have been doing more with our lives.



Michael Longley
1939-


*The Large Blue Horse 
by  Franz Marc
1880-1916
German Expressionist Painter