…when the guns were still
I dreamt of trees with leaves
Young men playing cricket
Chatter and laughter at a picnic
Lying face-up beside you
Watching the swifts’ chase
Across vast white pillows
That dwarfed The Mendips
You squirming with delight
Grass tickling your pale thighs
~
n.b. NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 24 prompt: One poem from a line from another. This is from ‘Living Sepulchres’ by Richard Aldington (1892-1962) a poet of the Imagist group. He was born in Portsmouth, served in the First World War, was never quite at ease after he returned from the trenches with shell-shock, after which he lived much of his life in France.
CLP 24/04/2024
Journey of Words 