The Tuesday Poem: Refeaturing Rhian Gallagher’s “Between”

Between

I

Close in and distant, you had me

kite on the cord of your touch,

whichever way you moved

I was swept, arrested,

twin to your anthem.

II

Between question

and response, between poise

and disarray

in slants of London light

in the autumn voice of Joni Mitchell

mid-passage, on our walks

across Brooklyn Bridge

between one country and another

two zones to every hour

body in to body, that fit,

between the letting go and hold,

your hand all night upon my hip.

(c) Rhian Gallagher

First published, Bravado 15

Reprod...