Delighted to have my poem The Latitude of Love published in Dreich Magazine’s themed chapbook – Things to do with love. My thanks to brilliant editor Jack Caradoc.
THE LATITUDE OF LOVE
the latitude of love
paddles an imperial pedalo
in someone’s waters-
and i had to go
native in a foreign land
to understand
where my own backward blood
has brought us.
in the mosque
in the mihrab
in Cordoba,
no one is lost
as Christian and Arab
respect how they cross over.
inside:
the scallop shell,
with it’s white marble hood
and cathedral bell
above ancient wood,
keeps everyone equal and safe from hell-
but outside:
other forces blow the people and their pedalo.
Copyright Strider Marcus Jones. From his fourth book Wooded Windows.
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Strider Marcus Jones – is a poet, law graduate and ex civil servant from Salford/Hinckley, England with proud Celtic roots in Ireland and Wales. A member of The Poetry Society, his five published book
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