Joachim Matschoss: The Anarchy of Water
Paperback, 82 pages
Coverdesign: PenFolk Publishing
Published by PenFolk Publishing, Blackburn, 1998
ISBN: 1 875894 10 1

THE ANARCHY OF WATER

“There is so much in these reflections on the conjunctions of water and time. These poems are sharply observed, they lay out the facts and observe across time”

Peter Skelski

seeds

now that you´ve gone
I will take your picture
carefully out of its frame
and I will put it in the flowerpot
near the windows —
and I will feed it, daily,
with poems and stories
and one day I will harvest:

a smile
an honest face
a tiny mole on a chin
thick-flowing hair
soft skin
and that intriguing smell —