Tuesday, 9 July 2019

'TREADING SOFTLY': A NEW WW1 POEM ABOUT JULIA POULTON'S ARTWORK...

Treading Softly…
(thoughts on Julia Poulton’s artwork, 
‘Tread Softly’…)



Another advance.
Repulsed.
There was no grit.
Not any more.
A casualty in waiting.
Revulsed.
A rum-induced trance.

Another retreat.
Disorientation.
There is no line.
Not any more.
A chasm awaiting. 
Disintegration.
Unsure unsteady feet.

Another crater.
Gassed.
There is only haze.
Nothing more.
The mire lies waiting.
At last…
Peace now, not later…

Pete Ray
July 2019

Looking at this painting, my mind went back to World War 1.

Treading softly into oblivion…


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