Four Poems
Noel Peattie
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Sonatina

O sea-wind, joy of you,
blind-blower, blanket-bed-
causer, window-fan-
rouser, sleep-easer, in-fall-
rain-bringer, Ocean's child
messenger, speaking:

               (in solo flute:

                                        as, when
                                        ever we bring
                                        cool hands to a fore
                                        head, drink to a
                                        morning
                                        cat) -

              for your

stray-blowing, un-
expected in-walking,
relief against summer siege-
stifling,

              joy of you,
              joy of you!

I Am in Bed!

I am in bed! annuitant,
on a Wednesday
morning! Beyond the window
the trees wave slowly
and (short-sighted) form
(as I am) circles of pin-hole
images of their rising God:
Sun.