A Child’s Picture of the World

A poem from Tina Morris, the English poet, former co-editor of poetic journals. Morris along with Dave Cunliffe had proposed the British Poetry Revival in the eighth issue of their underground magazine Poetmeat around 1965.A CHILD’S PICTURE OF THE WORLD

for SerenaBetween the earthand the blue skythere is always a gap -an empty stretch -where, to be truthful,the sky should hang like rainbowsand fill the spacesbetween the trees with prism light.And your pictures always havegreen grass and blue waterand brilliant flowerswhich sometimes growas tall as the trees.Under the yellow sunthere are ladiesin coloured dressesjust standing, smiling.But you use too much waterso the coloursbegin to dribble and merge togetherand it looks as thoughsomeone has been cryingover the beautifulimpossible worldyou have triedto create.