‘as pearl cat catches rain’ by Afric McGlinchey
air draws cloud
to land
on street in handfuls
and cobbles sing;
each whispered drop spells
helter-skelter pin-head,
in a dream-extending glimmer
as each living creature lives
one life and a similar;
sleep goes waking itself,
charms happenstance
and this: the catcall sings
a metronome
to other times and places
From issue 2: spring/summer 2016
About the Author
Afric McGlinchey’s awards include a Hennessy Poetry Award, Northern Liberties Poetry Prize (USA), Poets Meet Politics Prize and a Faber Academy Fellowship. She is the author of two collections, The Lucky Star of Hidden Things (2012) and Ghost of the Fisher Cat (2016).
