for Marianne

Dave Garbutt
Jul 10, 2017 · 1 min read
Photo: David Garbutt

Your smile
so tender-tive

eyelashes down

“I never expect
I don’t hope —
I’m never
disappointed.”

Your voice
gets quicker
“I’m happy”
walks away.

Listening —
I become:
road — rising,

fire glow for
returning to,

the tickle
that defuses
disillusion,

every evening’s
first shone star.

Poets Unlimited

Six Years of poetry-only publishing, PoetsUnlimited was a diverse, engaging and authentic poetry magazine. For most of that time a daily publication, it was always diverse and original, and free-to-read by all.

Dave Garbutt

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born and grew up in London with a great love for walking around, birding, photography, poetry, and programming.

Poets Unlimited

Six Years of poetry-only publishing, PoetsUnlimited was a diverse, engaging and authentic poetry magazine. For most of that time a daily publication, it was always diverse and original, and free-to-read by all.

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