Live Encounters Poetry & Writing 16th Anniversary Volume Four
November- December 2025
Labile, poems by Piers Davies.
Labile
It was as if he had
suddenly melted
his emotions liquid
slopping around the brain
brimming over the edge
seeping down his face.
No longer the Master
of his, or any other, Universe
a dried leaf buffeted
by every passing breeze
destined for the gutter—
just another failed hero.
After the fall
Caught by a passing angel
Icarus survived the fall—
feathers singed and pride hurt;
no effusive thanks
just a curt complaint
about the suburb he landed in.
In future years he soared again
with flights of ever wilder fantasy
and visions totally bizarre,
each time an angel intervened
until at last the grumpy curmudgeon
was consumed by internal fire.
© Piers Davies
Piers Davies was born in Sydney, Australia but has lived most of his life in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. He is a Law of the Sea specialist having graduated with an LL.B from Auckland University and a Diploma in ECL from the City of London College. He has been a long-time writer and reciter of poetry. His poems have appeared in journals and anthologies in New Zealand, Australia, U.K., France, Switzerland, South Africa, Poland, U.S.A., and India. Four books/chapbooks of his poetry have been published. He is co-facilitator of Titirangi Poets and co-editor of Titirangi Poets Ezines and anthologies. He was a scriptwriter of feature films (Homesdale and The Cars that Ate Paris (Australia) and Skin Deep (New Zealand)), short films and documentaries. He was sometime Poet Laureate of Haringey, London.