Michael Lee Rattigan and a Fridge-Door to Heaven, A Tree's Seamless Hem, And A Cross Lit From Behind

Lines in Search of…   

foreign welcome       a switch on language never learned   

prayer for those who sleep in strips of cloth       a sought-for question 

a tear-polished image       a picture scribbled on a fridge-door to heaven.  

Reparation

the eyes’ warmth

or heart’s milk pouring

down the neck

a tree’s seamless hem

spanning

to replace or repair

Eucharist

sky-cornered blossom’s comprehensive dazzle

bridging the way to will

the base of a cross lit from behind

wishing to be raised

golden-silver-white script’s

conquering sign

Michael Lee Rattigan (Caterham, UK) is a poet and translator who has lived and taught in Mexico and Spain. He translated the first complete collection of Fernando Pessoa's Alberto Caeiro poems (Rufus Books, 2007) and contributed to the Selected Writings of César Vallejo (Wesleyan Press, 2015). He is the author of two poetry collections, Liminal (Rufus Books, 2012) and Hiraeth (Black Herald Press, 2016).