Live Encounters Poetry & Writing August 2024
Blue Sky Morning, poems by Mark Laurent.
Blue Sky Morning
Early on a blue sky morning
the tall city still sleeping
air autumn crisp
eyes blinking, mind opening
tiredness receding from late bones
In younger days I always rose early
a hunter of epiphanies
mildly obsessed by bright shadows
– things that just might be
Somewhere among the days
my zest for wonder faltered
bed became too familiar
I’m trying to work out
how many mornings have woken me
but schoolboy arithmatic is faltering too
– maybe twenty-five thousand…?
that’s quite a few mornings
quite a few epiphanies
quite a few repentances
quite a few breakfasts
Sun peeks over the horizon
– glows against mirror glass
as near-full moon sets
behind high-rise ramparts
I still hope to make an epiphany
of blue sky mornings
– the light I receive
Sometimes I do.
Ruby
© Mark Laurent
Mark Laurent is a professional musician and writer. He’s recorded over 20 albums, worked as a recording producer and session musician, as well as touring NZ, Australia and the UK for several decades. Mark has published 4 collections of poetry, an illustrated children’s book, and has written numerous articles and reviews for New Zealand and international magazines. He is currently putting the finishing touches on an anthology of poetry and short prose, as well as a candid memoir of the 1970s hippie scene in Aotearoa. He lives in Auckland. https://marklaurent.bandcamp.com/