Poem for St Gall
Scribbles, day’s preface
engraved in air
when it’s just beginning to get light
first thing, gossiping over
the garden wall –
talking to us in voices
we pay attention to
can’t help ourselves
never fully understand
Jeff Skinner’s poems have been published in anthologies and in many journals, most recently or forthcoming in Allegro, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Paperboats . He was commended in the last Sonnet or Not competition. He volunteers at his local food bank and in an Oxfam bookshop, listens to music, watches football, reads, writes.
Amethyst Review 