New Poetry by Rob Schackne

Limen

Do big clouds stay

and bring their winds

invisible strings

let them go

birds aghast

cats near the heaters

look out the windows

dry sinews

languorous

let me be

do bright domestics

(how the colours bleed)

ever sinuous

ever rub off

in the mind

reading weather

lonely on the road

Taneda’s poem

the way ahead

raindrops for company

seen from afar

miss the in-between

walk on cracks

they add up

looking everywhere

- © Rob Schackne 2023

Rob Schackne was born in New York and he lived in lots of countries before settling in Australia in the 1970s. Before retirement he taught in China for a long time. He now lives in central Victoria. His poems have been published in many magazines both printed and electronic. His book “A Chance of Seasons” was published by Flying Island Books in late 2017. When he’s not writing, he likes taking photographs.