Restless, by Derek Adams

Walking Man, by Alberto Giacometti (Switzerland). 1960.

Restless

The big feet 
of the tall thin men
ground them
as they walk.
They are always walking
leaning forward to gain
an unreachable momentum.

Restless spirits,
encased in bronze,
in stasis.
Only their shadows 
and dreams
escape.
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Derek Adams

Derek Adams is a professional photographer, originally from London, he now lives in Suffolk. He has an MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths and his poems have appeared in magazines and anthologies in the UK and abroad. He has a collection Everyday Objects, Chance Remarks (Littoral, 2005) and pamphlets Postcards to Olympus and unconcerned but not indifferent: the life of Man Ray. He is currently working on a collection of poems about the American photographer, model and WW2 correspondent Lee Miller.