Sue Gerrard

St. Helens.

 

Sue Gerrard has had published 15 books ranging from poetry to Local History and appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and many other festivals.  She was awarded and took up the ‘Robert Lord Writing Residency’ in Dunedin, New Zealand in 218/19 based on her project ‘In Search of Richard Seddon.’  Further details are on her website: suegerrard.com

 

Poem completed 13th April, 2020.

 

WHERE THE WILDFLOWERS GROW

 

Come with me to where the wildflowers grow,

in a place uncharted, on paths unmapped.

Here will I show you their colourful blaze,

cornflower blues and hues of poppy red

which will whirl before your eyes and inside your head;

with this timeless turning of flowers on wind

we will find magical moons set low, come

too soon into darkening skies.  Smiling stars

hold open the sun’s destined place until

morning gently pushes yawning moon aside.

I will take you down rainbow roads, yellow on

green, blue on red until mirror- still rivers can be seen;

and we will watch fantastical fish fly and fly

and kiss the sky, dropping heaven’s water down upon us.

Come with me today before you must leave

This timeless garden

And enter the time filled house.