After a considerable gap, we caught up with friends Garry and Annette Kilworth in Autumn 2017. We were aware that Garry was a prolific writer in several genres (profile below) but I had not realised he wrote poetry. Some of his work resonates very well with the themes and aims of my blog. So I am grateful to Garry for his permission to publish one of his poems today and a further one with an unusual Lenten theme in the early part of next year.
Garry is also a skilful photographer and whilst we visited a reservoir-side bird hide with them, a kingfisher gave us an exquisite display just a few metres from the hide. That welcome little surprise seems to have a parallel in the first line of Garry’s poem - and you’ll find the gorgeous photo Garry took of the Kingfisher that Garry took below
Garry is also a skilful photographer and whilst we visited a reservoir-side bird hide with them, a kingfisher gave us an exquisite display just a few metres from the hide. That welcome little surprise seems to have a parallel in the first line of Garry’s poem - and you’ll find the gorgeous photo Garry took of the Kingfisher that Garry took below
Body Language
When an eagle vaults
the sky
or inventive Man
spears deep space
at superhuman speed,
or a seed bursts like
a bomb
and expands,
God is talking
Kingfisher at Alton Reservoir
photographed by Garry Kilworth
November 2017
photographed by Garry Kilworth
November 2017