John Grey – WordCityLit

3 poems by John Grey

AMARYLLIS BELLADONNAI sometimes wonderhow death resides so amicablyin this lovely pink lady-lily.Atop a long, naked stem,funnel-shaped flowers flutter like any other,but the plant is an adder with roots.Deer avoid it.But cows know no better.Its virulent poisonsthin the herd from within.In the meadow, a child is pulled awayfrom a clump of the amaryllis,as a mother pointsContinue reading “3 poems by John Grey”

3 poems by John Grey

YOU ARE NOT A BIRD Sorry but your bones aren’t air-pockets. You’ve no beak, no claws, No wings or feathers. A leap of three feet in the air is followed by a similar drop. You’ve not the lightness to keep your ascent going. And your descent is like your life. It will never break withContinue reading “3 poems by John Grey”

To Creation. and 2 more poems by John Grey

TO CREATION Creation gave us the eagle and the snake. From myths, celestial waters mingling with the oceans of the Earth. Evaporation happens between worlds, leaves the flowers stiffened and the clouds drooping. Some drops stay behind in tiny rock-bound wells. The eagle can take wing and quickly disappear. The snake slithers beneath heaps ofContinue reading “To Creation. and 2 more poems by John Grey”