Dog Days Done
Now is that moment
the first time you notice
summer lift her skirt
revealing a turn of
amber leaf and yellow
summer takes her time
to pack her belongings
weary butterflies
thirsty bees
and somewhere
in a distant field
summer writes
goodbye letters in gold
on hay and corn
and chestnut
and you
the morning after
the thunder storm
you open the window
and smell it changed
wafts of old grass
and late summer
this end is a beginning
make hay, make time
bilberries and blackberries
a feast for the sparrows
dog days done
Sirius goes south
the last burst of roses
for a lughnassadh table
the tomato harvest
the fruits of August
red, ripe and colourful
in Septembers hands
feeding our autumn
and all tomorrows hopes
(c) Salena Godden / London / 2020
*photos from my yard, tomatoes, rainy sunflower, rose, lavender and flowering mint
Dipped in Song
An evening of poetry in solidarity with and fundraising for Beirut
Sunday 30 August 2020 – 5.30PM (UK) / 7.30PM (Beirut)
Out-Spoken Press, together with Lisa Luxx, present Dipped in Song, an evening of poetry in solidarity with and to raise funds for relief efforts in Beirut following the devastating explosion earlier this month.
The event will be a ticketed Zoom, hosted by Joelle Taylor and will feature readings by, and conversation with, Lebanese poets and those connected to Beirut, as well as from other poets who stand in support and solidarity.
Featuring readings by Zeina Hashem Beck, Vahni Capildeo, Caroline Bird, Hala Alyan, Riwa Saab, Salena Godden, Raymond Antrobus, Lisa Luxx, Rewa Zeinati, Richard Georges & Anthony Anaxagorou
please donate
& join us
People's History Museum, Manchester
opens it's doors again on September 1st 2020
Look up and look out for the yellow . . .
My poem #PessimismisforLightweights lives there on permanent display
You'll find signed books and posters in the museum shop too
Register to visit the museum: https://phm.org.uk
