I will be reading as part of this event. Here is one of my poems from the anthology:
Elephant
I am slow.
I am sway.
I am echo.
The great earth holds me.
I am ship. I am flow.
My bones are of whales.
I am large and grateful. I move with no hurry.
There is time. We have time.
Watch my eye. With it I see you and the shine of colour,
which fills me till my grey skin rustles.
I know there is an always happiness here
even in the mud. The frog knows.
Follow me.
We will go in procession.
Follow and feel the rhythm of my walk.
Slow, slow.
My steps sway you,
I will rock you to beyond yourself.
Be yourself
Be more than you have ever been.
Be what you have always been.
Be with me.
Be with me.
Follow. Follow me.
by Rose Cook
So glad you will be reading at the festival. Coincidentally, just yesterday, I was just reading this poem of yours in my copy of the anthology. Love the sense of movement and wisdom.
Thank you 🙂
a feeling of knowing the hugeness of all things…and the tea tin of course……. hope to be there .
Reblogged this on Rebecca Gethin and commented:
You can read Rose Cook’s wonderful poem that heads up A Poetry of Elephants here, complete with a frog. You could also come to Teignmouth Poetry Festival and hear the World Premier of the anthology with 17 other poets reading their poems from the book, telling new ones and we have a folk song or two and lots of buns. This event will never be repeated with so many elephant poets and so is guaranteed to be unique! You can book in advance or get tickets on the door… though they might run out!
So lovely, I found myself swaying slowly side to side – hypnotically beautiful. X