Can You - on a clear day – See Forever?

One of my poems. From 'Part Five: WAVING' of Something That Comes Close, my debut published collection. Available to buy in paperback from Amazon Books, and as an eBook on Kindle, Kobo or Booktopia. Additional information at the bottom of this post.

Can You - on a clear day – See Forever?

Looking north beyond the fairy-floss of clouds

suspended in a sky by Michaelangelo

(John Martyn on my CD player

singing of his friend ‘through solid air’)

the green outdoors below

are dappled jacaranda purple blue

but is that you

I think I see

out on the far

horizon?

Fourteen chickens seem to be

demanding your attention

but I think I caught your wave

and I am sure I saw you smiling.

Something That Comes Close is the debut work of Scottish-born writer Dougie Herd, now living in Australia. Reflections on becoming, on the joy of simple things, on life's hopeful journey. Sometimes sad because life sometimes is. But never despairing or despondent. Cos life's too short.

• Pulse: memory, life and death, loss, dislocation.

• Place: here and there, then and now, home and somewhere else.

• Encounters: the unexpected.

• Foolish Things: some of which are not entirely pointless.

• Waving: the possibility of renewal, the necessity of change, the inevitability of silence.

Words by Dougie Herd. Illustrations by Spike Deane.

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