Bright in the daygloom

By Adrian Harte

The egret is bright in daygloom  
strutting its flat field domain 
much more stridently  
than on my favourite  
album cover.  
Grubs and scurrying ghosts  
dot its keen sight lines, 
yellow feather fringed eyes 
like cue balls after  
black chalk shots 
nail every pot.

Audio recording of ‘Bright in the daygloom’, written and read by Adrian Harte

Adrian Harte

Adrian Harte is Irish but has lived in Switzerland for 20 years. He has been published in the Peregrine Journal, Vita Poetica, Beaver, Embryo Concepts Zine, A New Ulster, Awakenings, Roi Fainéant Press, and Abridged. He has also written, to critical acclaim and commercial success, Small Victories: The True Story of Faith No More (Jawbone 2018). He works in communications for UEFA, and has previously worked for the BBC and The Guardian. His debut poetry collection, Red Rite Hand, will be published in September by In Case of Emergency Press.

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Photo credit: Uriel Soberanes