Pauline Hawkesworth
Sometimes
Sometimes
through the first floor lounge window
between the large poplar
and sycamore trees,
the sky opens its mouth;
usually just before sunset.
I have settled down
for the evening with a book,
the radio flowing into my head,
as the sky deepens to violet.
Then it happens;
I’m looking down the sky’s throat
have telescopic vision.
It has small silver stars for body parts,
each one has a name;
the throat singing out
a familiar mystery.
And I hope under my wrappers,
at the far end of my being
of blood and bone,
there is a deepest blue
where if anyone dares to look
they will find a galaxy.
through the first floor lounge window
between the large poplar
and sycamore trees,
the sky opens its mouth;
usually just before sunset.
I have settled down
for the evening with a book,
the radio flowing into my head,
as the sky deepens to violet.
Then it happens;
I’m looking down the sky’s throat
have telescopic vision.
It has small silver stars for body parts,
each one has a name;
the throat singing out
a familiar mystery.
And I hope under my wrappers,
at the far end of my being
of blood and bone,
there is a deepest blue
where if anyone dares to look
they will find a galaxy.
We offer apologies to
Pauline Hawkesworth
for the fact that when
her poem “Sometimes”
was published in
SOUTH 29, as part of
her Poet Profile by
Denise Bennett,
it appeared minus
the final line.
The correct version of
the poem is printed here.
Pauline Hawkesworth
for the fact that when
her poem “Sometimes”
was published in
SOUTH 29, as part of
her Poet Profile by
Denise Bennett,
it appeared minus
the final line.
The correct version of
the poem is printed here.
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