PRELUDE AND PARADE

PRELUDE AND PARADE

After one day away, I watch as Twitter operas

Into action. The chorale sings of illusions

That litter and line each fouled street. There,

The ants watch us, amused, as fires form

Within flowers, and the rich tend to statues

While more black lives shatter, angry mouths

Falling open to tongue and taste

Fresh defeat. And so, to this Volume Two, 

Life After Lockdown. Which will not be life,

As imagined, as Corona carries on.

For the Coronics return, irritations irrigating,

Turning parched land to river and the peaceful

Parade to mad throng. Another black man

Murdered. And still more lies to follow.

And perhaps, poetry as Detective; 

The private heart’s Public Eye.

In this, The Covidian Age, I re-introduce myself.

My name’s David. Where there is dark,

I’ll describe it, for in the colours to come,

Visions die. So, let these be intermittent

Reports, as I resume my word whisper

And may our lines bind us as we question

And quake and defy. As it begins,

This second book may prove endless.

To those who listen, we’ll bind it.

And attempt to co-author and to publish

Ourselves through foresight. We will talk

When we can. There are no chapters now,

Only fragments. Preludes are symphonic.

Let the themes converge.

Songs:

Sit tight.

David Erdos June 18th 2020 

For more poems from David Erdos visit The Corona Diaries collection 

David Erdos is an actor, writer, director with over 300 professional credits. He is a published poet, playwright, essayist and illustrator. He has lectured on all disciplines in theatre and film for leading performing arts colleges, schools and universities around the world. His books include EASY VERSES FOR DIFFICULT TIMES, THE SCAR ON THE CLOUD, OIL ON SILVER, NEWS FROM MARS, CHANGING PLACES WITH LIGHT (penniless press) and BYZANTIUM with the photographer Max Reeves. He is a contributing editor for The International Times and maker of documentaries all over the world. David’s work has been acclaimed by many leading figures including Harold Pinter, Heathcote Williams, Alan Moore, Andrew Kotting, Chris Petit and Iain Sinclair in whose recent book THE LAST LONDON, David features. He can be reached at David.erdos@sky.com.

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