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And As I Wait I Tremble, by Clive Donovan

3/10/2020

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Cafe Terrace at Night, by Vincent Van Gogh (Netherlands) 1888

And As I Wait I Tremble

These plates are floating, though I know
They shouldn't be.
The buildings lean in, lowering
Over the street.
Cobbles rush their ancient patterns.
Windows are eyes, but
Lashless. Their cords rattle
And the dancing stars crowd down
Like lemmings
In the dark ink-blue.

I wait for you
In this raffish café
At the edge of town.

Thin, the moon, poignant, thin,
Its blade cuts at my heart.
And I think you may be late.

Clive Donovan

This poem first appeared in Brittle Star.

Clive Donovan lives in Devon. His work has appeared in Agenda, Acumen, Salzburg Review, Stand, Prole, and Interpreters House.
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Bob marsland
4/12/2020 08:13:03 am

Nice poem published on my birthday
Would you happen to be my cousin I’ve not seen for about 40 years ?

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clive donovan
5/13/2020 02:49:35 pm

Yes I am. Funny meeting you here. This is a hell of a magazine to wade through...!

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