Conflict - 5 : Loss of Memories of Loved Ones
With deepest sympathy, I need to write here that Mr D Robin passed away at the beginning of July, 2023.
I am sincerely grateful to his wife Katya Robin for agreeing to have this poem published her as per Damian’s wishes.
C O N F L I C T
A series of Poems by Mr Damian Robin
5 - LOSS OF MEMORIES OF LOVED ONES
ORIGINALLY READ TO MEMBERS OF THE AJR (ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH REFUGEES)’S POETRY PLEASE WITH A SIMILAR GLOSS TO THE ONE ON THIS SOUND FILE ABOVE
?
In life’s rubbles,
where can we find them ?
In camera holes ?
In whites between eyed words ?
Through aires of flock-strummed birds ?
In shoaled fish bowls ?
Beyond the rim
of speech bubbles
?
And do we doubt our love for them
when a memory bursts across us
and we’re shocked we had forgotten
them
and maybe even often
and root and stem and petals’ promise
dispersed to dewdrop diadem
?
