Dorothy Pugin Poems

Today I am bold
I could do anything

I could
...

Oh frail my heart
kindness pray spare me
the tip touching of paper fingers
gentle water my cheeks
...

Praying mantis poised
you descend delicate
stairs
plates kiss wrists
...

I lie under leaves
of grave oak trees
and dodge the sieved sun
I shift my head
...

Stay calm
ashore and
surface watch
...

Televisions, shops
supermarkets all
gaudy display
expressions of this day.
...

Fat girls wear their wobbly thighs
on complaining bicycles

Children run miracles
...