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Dawn Hogarth

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The Letter - Ode to FM von Kluge

by

Dawn Hogarth

There wasn't just the dark, the light
The dawn, the day, dark Nazi night
There were not just the winds that blew
Like you, Field Marshall, hot and cold.
The meadows and the dappled woods
The streams, the fresh air you so loved
The silver of the birch that may
Dither in the wind, and sway.
Is that where your great blue eyes
Would gaze at German fields and skies
Your tender soul within its shell -
Undecided, a chameleon.
You came out refreshed, no fear of Patton
You were going to break eggs with your baton
Was there much of a cheery smile
When you visited your front lines?
Pressure. Sweat. Time ticked fast.
The fuse was lit, the die were cast.
Your piebald heart flickered, leapt.
How well did you swim when you lost your depth?
The boom! The bang! The aftermath!
Vengeance struck - a bloodbath!
And you weren't where you were meant to be
The Fuhrer raged, tended to see
A traitor in each pause for breath,
Meted out sentences of death.
Mists of trouble clouded the blue
Eyes, fingers pointed at you.
The hunting hounds! The bugle blew,
You swayed each way and then He knew.
The hounds close in - He sacks you -
A tight, tight grip on the capsule!

You got in the car and sat there calmly
And at a little place called Valmy
Somewhere near Metz or Verdun
You clicked your teeth and it was done.

And slipping away to a place much better
You had your last say in a moving letter
Like a fetus of truth in a womb of denial

We know.
We found it in the files.

Sea Pigeon

by

Dawn Hogarth

Sable satin flying
Stretching your form
Of elastic muscle
Between the tumult
Of cheers or through
A Yorkshire lea
Black lightning, your
Body a compact
Dynamo of shining strength
Muscle and sinew tensing,
Relaxing, hooves throwing
Wet green sods
Midnight stallion, one cold
October night you prick
Your ears and clear
A final hurdle and
Race on unheeding
Emblazoning your ebony beauty
Like whispered thunder
Through an Autumn sky.