Faro We’re two hours’ flight from a northern spring; the impassive sky we’ve left behind us a canvas primed but still awaiting some splash of inspiration; the grey pavements underscoring routines we cling to; but here our touchdown lights a spark in a town whose name suggests a beacon and where all winter, unknown … Continue reading Two poems by David Cooke
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‘Instant Karma’ by Roy Marshall
Instant Karma The office cleaner sings beautifully and in Hindi. I ask her what her song means. 'The Lord says, I will give you what you want, when the time is right.' She leaves a world bright with belief, the mopped floor under my feet, the emptied bin of me. (from Gopagilla, first published … Continue reading ‘Instant Karma’ by Roy Marshall
