{"id":1200,"date":"2008-03-26T15:54:22","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T15:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1200"},"modified":"2008-03-26T15:54:22","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T15:54:22","slug":"two-poems-by-maureen-wheldon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/two-poems-by-maureen-wheldon\/","title":{"rendered":"Two poems by Maureen Wheldon"},"content":{"rendered":"

TO CHANGE THESE HOURS<\/span>


She reaches the gate of four pearls<\/span>
Rattles the bars.<\/span>

Sees through a fence of fire<\/span>
One star.<\/span>

And the sun dancing in gold shoes.<\/span>

In the east<\/span>
Helios is driving the four horses.<\/span>

She would change these hours<\/span>
But knows:<\/span>

To pick bright flowers<\/span>
She must never look back.<\/span>


~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<\/span>


DO NOT BELIEVE ALL<\/span>


Do not believe all<\/span>
you read in history :<\/span>
it has long been out of date.<\/span>

But listen to the wind,<\/span>
observe the sun, birds,<\/span>
and wide, wide sky.<\/span>

And somewhere,<\/span>
on a far-off beach,<\/span>
where ocean grinds and<\/span>
washes rocks to fine sand;<\/span>
a pink shell, a periwinkle.<\/span>
Here history winks her eye.<\/span>

Now walk and read.<\/span>
<\/p>\n

\u2022 Maureen Wheldon's poetry has appeared in various small press magazines and her collection To Change These Hours<\/span> published by Kite Modern Poetry Series.<\/span>
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