cyril ioutsen - craquelures. poems, volume II

after the concert
a symphony
of ringtones

after the music
silence is still
catching up

always cheerful
bank manager
another loan

another death
a dried flower
on a grave

another year
they call it
new

art & craft
the line
in a poem
gets fixed

ashes
to the wind
to be
everywhere

at the end
at peace
at last

at the start
sorrow
at the end
regret
floating world

at a station
a lone train
– yet full

autumn
things
that come
to mind

back from
the burnt
the ashes

between
then and now
always

between trains
neither has
arrived yet

birthday
present
in email

blackout
only
sounds

bookstore
one book
warm to
the touch

border
nothing
but the sign

burning history
newspapers
in a fireplace

bus drives on
another afternoon
left in the past

but a gap
between
dreams
yet huge

calendar
thinning
as days
add up

a calendar
all the days
that might
never come

candlelight
and flowers
both smell
over-sweet

cat in the mirror
calm knowing
it is still there

childhood
fragments
collectibles
on eBay

choices
nowhere
to go but
somewhere

city life
early bus
late passengers

the clock ticking
the sunrise away
what if it stopped

cold fireplace
in the ashes
idea for a poem

computer crash
without a sound
on its part

connecting cities
the road cuts
the forest in half

counting
raindrops
so many
ways to
be wrong

a crack
in the wall
closed by
cobweb

crossroads
yet another way
to somewhere else

crumpled
pillow
remains
of a dream

curious
made-up
stories
mostly set
in the past

dark
and darker
with lights on

day and dream
in-between
something else

dead
fresh
flowers

deadline done
breaking dawn
breaking down

different
in twilight
same poem

different books
not so different
on a bookshelf

discarded
gift-wraps
no longer
festive

a distant
memory
up close
an old
photograph

dog days
all the same
for the dogs

dried flower
in a book
untold story