Poetry As Such No. 3

Tasting the Stars

Three poems by Shane McCauley

artwork by Wendy Alford

1. Celebrants

Night bruises the moon.

Its light, like an escaped prisoner,

Seeks our window...

2. The Statue of Love

Love must last like statuary,

Time's alteration to limb and feature

Unimportant if the living marble core...

3. Night River Poem for Mary-Ellen

And the blackness of the river

Still harbours light

As I think of you, feel...

 © Shane McCauley 1994