National Poetry Day
For National Poetry Day today, Nick invites participation in a literary blogburst on the Poetry Society's chosen theme for this year, Britain. [greenfairydotcom]
Here's one of mine, from the poetry page on Outwardly Normal. Like most poems, it's probably best read aloud.
Ant Worlds
I treated you with grace
and then I saw you standing on your face and I knew
That you
Were no ordinary bag of flesh
and I could play with you.
I took you to the park
and in the dark we rolled upon the grass
and found between the blades ant worlds and beetle arcades.
We climbed a small mountain and bathed
In the fountain of youth,
Or so we thought
Until, chasing ourselves, we came to see what we had taught.
You said your prayers and I lit a candle
Dark headlines and pictures were taken
Your conscience was wakened
And in the surf we were baptised
And set ourselves alight
And said goodnight.
8:20:30 AM 
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