by Geoffrey Aitken
disturbingly,
starlight is displaced
by city neon brightness
in colour codes that dim
our senses
our wonder
at the night sky.
i took my earliest
memories indoors
to be kept alive
with foster and nurture
so that i would never
lose sight of myself
© Geoffrey Aitken
Geoffrey Aitken (he/him) writes on Adelaide’s unceded Kaurna land, an awarded minimalist poet leaning into his ‘lived experience’ for successes [AUS], [UK, US, HR, CAN, FR & CN]. Published recently, ‘Libre Lit’, [US], ‘Social Alternatives’[AUS], soon ‘Verge Anthology’25’ [AUS] and ‘The Closed Eye Open’ [US]. Nominated Best of the Net 2022.
Find out more on his website Poetry of Geoffrey Aitken and Recipes of Jenny Aitken – Poetry Feasting – Geoffrey and Jenny Aitken or on X @GeoffreyAitken3 / Blsky @8Cakey.bsky.social.
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you turned an ordinary world into a mysterious place , wonderful poem GA
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