Wood piles beneath
the shallow permanent stone
firm feet upon the yielding bog
let water in – the wood’s grain will prevail right through its lines;
let water out – white softness will grow up to draw things down
The foundations could be called organic,
so people longed to analyse to scrutinize,
trade silver mercury.
Sweep and cluster
went across,
spanning the spider-grasp of two rivers
thin, gurgling on a common height
tortured the muscle of the current
in thin air
full beneath naked trees.
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David Russell is a resident of the UK. He writes poetry, literary criticism, speculative fiction, and romance. His poetry includes the collection Prickling Counterpoints (1998); various poems published in online International Times; and the eco-poetry collection An Ever River, published by The Palewell Press, 2018. His speculative works include High Wired On (2002) and Rock Bottom (2005). He translated the Spanish epic La Araucana, Amazon 2013. His romances include Dreamtime Sensuality I & II: Explorations; Further Explorations; Pearlman, Self’s Blossom– all available on Amazon. He self-published a collection of erotic poetry and artwork called Sensual Rhapsody, 2015. David is also a singer-songwriter/guitarist. His main CD albums are Bacteria Shrapnel and Kaleidoscope Concentrate. Many of his tracks can be found on YouTube under “Dave Russell.” He’s the editor of the online magazine Poetry Express Newsletter, produced by Survivors Poetry and Music.
