Sheena Blackhall Poems

Madelina's more than two sharp eyes,
The shadows set in the cheek bones
Her hair's like seaweed
Swept by the tides of life
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1. The Gory Bells (Gorbals)
Folk shunned the lepers, at their coming, fled,
Hearing the ringing of the gory bells
When those poor creatures walked like the undead
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1.Ahrweiler Cemetery
The leitmotif of my childhood's
Peeling stucco. The adults
I knew are as stuffed parrots now
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Ossi, youngest of six, all Catholic gypsies,
Travelled around in the family caravan
Spent winters in Vienna, round the campfires
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The Harry Potter Train et al (6 poems)

1: Animals at Large, Oban
The salmon farm looks like a wedding marquee tent
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When I walk on the sea, my stride is longer than Norway

Cruisers, tankers, frigates
Sail under my legs, tiny as tuna
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1.Tug of War
Dog, snapping at foam
Waves chasing its leaping paws
Sea’s wet tug of war
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1. Winter Fox

Out of a siding, the studious urban fox
Trots off in the furious rain
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1.The Witch

Her knife, like a scarlet beak, clipped the apple's side
Her restless dragon bared its teeth at the pot
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Love’s a bubble, a burp in the hookah-pipe of life
Ephemeral as cuckoo spit on a thistle.

Inside this nebulous sphere, would you Adam and Eve it,
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