Oct 2019
Before falling it swells disclike and becomes splendid;
all the poisoned oils and drab colours strained away
and replaced over by bright, blonde yellows like cups of light.
Before breaking, the connection between the fruit and branch
grows twice as strong and in the final seconds before decay
a scent runs across the tree that the seed knew well, before forgetting.
all the poisoned oils and drab colours strained away
and replaced over by bright, blonde yellows like cups of light.
Before breaking, the connection between the fruit and branch
grows twice as strong and in the final seconds before decay
a scent runs across the tree that the seed knew well, before forgetting.
B.T. Joy is a British poet and short fiction writer living in Glasgow. He has also lived in London, Aberdeen and Heilongjiang, Northern China. His poetry and short fiction has appeared in magazines, journals, anthologies and podcasts worldwide including poetry in Yuan Yang, The Meadow, Toasted Cheese, Numinous: Spiritual Poetry, Presence, Paper Wasp, Bottle Rockets, Mu, Frogpond and The Newtowner, among many others. His debut collection of poetry, Teaching Neruda, was released in 2015 by Popcorn Press and his 2016 collection Body of Poetry is also available through Amazon. He can be reached through his website: http://btj0005uk.wix.com/btjoypoet
