| |
|
|
"As
the clouds re-form, I play with their mirror-image of memory, ripple
their grey on grey with the slightest touch of my hand." Sabine
Wichert was born in Graudenz, West Prussia (now Grudziadz, Poland)
and grew up and was educated in West Germany. She has been teaching
history at Queen's University, Belfast since 1971 and has a special
interest in the visual arts. She was a member of the Arts Council
of Northern Ireland from the mid-1980s to 1994 and is a member of
the Board of Annaghmakerrig appointed by both Arts Councils in Ireland.
A
Poem from
Sharing Darwin
by SABINE WICHERT
Belfast,
13th July
Only
the debris remains: they sweep
with slow steady strides, relaxed
and easy-going; there is no threat
or joy or fear or even triumph
in their action.
Battered
tins and broken glass move
southwards, down the Lisburn Road.
Sometimes the sun breaks through,
a light wind lifts empty crisp-bags
and torn sweet-wrappers; they glitter
and suggest a story.
One
of the workmen stops, lifts
a discarded beer-can and slowly,
deliberately and with great exactitude
empties its content into a well-kept
hedge; all his attention focused
and concentrated on this act.
©
Copyright Sabine Wichert, 1999
|
|
|
(You can remove
it later if you change your mind!)
|
