Poems for January 2013
This poem may pop up in my ‘Dragon’ workshops this term.
Dragon in the sky (to be published in The School Magazine, Australia)
The tip of a spike,
the point of a claw,
the flash of a flame:
that’s all I saw.
Smoke from a fire:
that’s all I smelt.
A tingle of fear:
that’s all I felt.
The whirring of wings
like a gigantic bird
stirring the wind:
that’s all I heard.
Ran off and hid:
that’s all I did,
until the sky cleared
and the signs disappeared
and the dragon was far and high.
Wish I had waved
goodbye.
New Year Resolution (for anyone who lives at the bottom of a hill)
New Year Resolution:
sand bag flood solution.
New fear: inundation.
New idea: emigration!
(Please note that all poems here are by me, i.e. copyright: Kate Williams, so if you wish to include any in a publication or performance, please contact me first – thanks!)
Kate Williams 
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