When light is shining oh so bright,
I plead with you for some respite.
Still you make your wayward course,
And now you look like flying horse.
A moments grace, and then you’re gone,
Would that I knew where you were drawn,
I'd make my way within your shade,
My brilliant colors ne'er to fade.
We both know it's not to be,
I'm not for you, nor you for me.
The sky will draw you ever on,
while on the earth I do belong.
Oh cloudless day stay your hand,
unbroken light I cannot stand.
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Christopher Zachary
Nuclear physicist by training, genetic analyst by practice, writer, book lover, and anachronism at heart.
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Dialogue Poetry Challenge Winners
Hannah Moore is a first-time grand prize winner with her dialogue poem, On Receipt of Bad News. This was a poem that genuinely engaged both with the exchange of our prompt, but also focussed on the way poetic rhythms of language could support the writer's conceit. It felt very truthful, too, the way one speaker wishes to ignore the news and focus on practicalities; there was a quiet heartbreak, here. Well done.
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