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Thursday, January 6, 2022

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).