Introducing a new series of poems by Julian Matthews. Julian is a writer and Pushcart-nominated poet published in The American Journal of Poetry, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Borderless Journal, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Dream Catcher Magazine, Live Encounters Magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal and The New Verse News, among others. He is a mixed-race minority from Malaysia and lived in Ipoh for seven years. Currently based in Petaling Jaya, he is a media trainer and consultant for senior management of multinationals on Effective Media Relations, Social Media and Crisis Communications. He was formerly a journalist with The Star and Nikkei Business Publications Inc
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By Julian Matthews
Tonight, as every night, I am closed,
cool as any sedentary fool, emptied of
splashing arms and legs.
No screechy fry to agitate the chlorine,
and sear my one watery eye.
Always so glad when left alone,
I can be still, reflect the moon
and swoon to the meditative rotation of my friend,
Mr Night Sky,
sequinned with stars like shiny eyes,
pondering my onerous fate
as human playmate, instead of shimmering poet.
First published in Atunis Galaxy Poetry, founder Agron Shele
