The Ghillie
between wakefulness and sleep
there is time
to slumber
like a beast
or stir yourself
get up
like a worthy man of wood
shooters
ducks savaged in the reeds
are fine subjects for the dream state
the reprobate
who even as he wakes
thinks not of a lover
but of his dogs
and like a sentimental creature
turns the key in the lock
salty flesh and bones
those kisses
hounds famously steal from pheasants
that came
because he dreamt them so
on feather bed
afternoons
the stalkers returned
with a sack of meat and a desire for more
Gareth Writer-Davies was Commended in the Prole Laureate Competition in 2015 and Specially Commended in the Welsh Open Competition, Shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Erbacce Prize in 2014, Highly Commended, Geoff Stevens Memorial Prize in 2013 and 2012. His pamphlet “Bodies”, was published this year through Indigo Dreams. Find him on Facebook: www.facebook.com/gareth.writerdavies & Bodies is available here: www.indigodreamsbookshop.com/#/gareth-writer-davies/4587920255
Just gorgeous💕
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Thank you green : ) Gareth WD
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