Both Sides Out

BOTH SIDES OUT

Following
a cold, wet tramp -
arriving,
snow-dripping from neck's back -
a two-hour-chat-cum-cup-of-coffee —
a lift returns me
to where green tulip leaves in the window-box
poke their life
out of the whiteness

Below - the virgin-white garden
Beyond — the ravished slush of road

Inside I warm myself

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Sheffield, 1st March 1971

Publications

1975 INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO IN POETRY ANTHOLOGY (Cambridge, Melrose Press)
1990 Next Exit (Canada)
2007 Bolts of Silk (Internet)