Angels - Miriam Darlington

[Larry Robinson]

Angels

This is how an angel comes

out of the earth, upwards

from the underworld

when everybody thought

they came from the light wings

of the sky -  no

they are massive -

on nights of rain and sleet, split

the soil, splash and muddy the grass

wingspans wide as lakes

wearing mud armour, they crawl

full length up rivers and streams

dam ditches, seep through drains

penetrate walls, barns, chicken coops

unsettle bats with wing-beats

that shake down trees -

remind us, cradled in our prayers

how we like to remain dry, sheltered.

This is how angels come

mouths full of earth

spitting verses

of poetry.


	- Miriam Darlington
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