Poems from Writerseye
John Gilbert is a published author, poet and editor. He divides his time between Brighton, where he lives, London, where he works, and Cornwall, where he has family.
On New Year's turn
We peer
beyond the floodlit glass
into the night falling
we rise and rise and ride
up silver...
With lies
I make myself
family deceived
friends forsaken
What lie is worthy of you all?
What contempt as demanding
as a Lover's kiss...
This charcoal is not me:
sooty curls on paper thick
a blonde-combed lad
caught by the flash
of father's thick-veined hand
Scritch,...
The Palace pier heaves
with souls
licking at the dark cloud
squall laden sky,
a house whose haunted cries
beckon the inner child
...
He shivers in the warm summer light
arms wrapped round rocking body
legs crossed against hard red brick pavement
black padded hoodie...