July 2019
Poem of the Month
Where Old Fliers Come to Roost
Each month Ancient Eagle Press offers a poem appropriate to the season or the mood of our editorial staff. Poems may be new or drawn from existing AEP editions.
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Chilly
My brothers better all take care,
I have a vicious polar bear,
And if they’re ever mean to me,
He just might bite them on the knee.
When we are in my room alone,
We speak a language all our own,
Cause Mom and Dad would think it silly,
To see me sit and chat with Chilly.
When anybody is around,
He barely makes a polar sound,
And so they’ll never be aware,
He’s more than just an old stuffed bear.
But when the lights go out at night,
And every one is out of sight,
Then Chilly tells me special thing,
Of Eskimos and polar kings,
Of icebergs floating on the sea,
And land without a single tree,
Of months of darkness passing by,
With colors dancing in the sky;
He speaks of foxes that, he said,
Are sometimes white and sometimes red,
Of owls that fly without a sound,
And build their nests right on the ground;
He says that when the winter’s near,
He takes a nap for half a year,
And when he’s finally out of bed,
The sun is always overhead.
I told this to my good friend Ray,
Who said I should be put away,
He tells me Chilly isn’t real,
But when Chilly burps…it smells like seal!
Lee Alloway
from "There's Poo on my Shoe", 2015
Archives
June 2019 -- The Queen of Malvern
April-May 2019 -- India/Bhutan
March 2019 -- Swatting Gnats
February 2019 -- To My Valentines, Past and Future
January 2019 -- I'll Never Say Goodbye
December 2018 -- Grandpa
November 2018 -- Meditation
October 2018 -- Benediction
September 2018 -- Passages
August 2018 -- Feeding the Beast
July 2018 - One Can Have Knowledge...
June 2018 -- The Unsinkable Molly Drown
May 2018 -- Advice to my Grandson
April 2018 -- Awaiting Idunn
March 2018 -- Flight
February 2018 -- Lakesong
January 2018 -- Schrödinger's Cat
December 2017 -- Daybreak
October 2017 -- Night Watch
September 2017 -- The Princess
August 2017 - Pelham
July 2017 -- Siena
June 2017 -- Loyal, Straight, and True
May 2017 -- A Thousand Flowers
April 2017 -- Oboe Rap
March 2017 - March Madness
February 2017 -- The Cost of Doing Business
January 2017 -- Reflection at a Winter Window
December 2016 -- The Creation
November 2016 -- Hemolymph Moon
October 2016 -- Vortex
September 2016 -- Do You?
August 2016 -- Sailing
July 2016 -- Mulberries
June 2016 -- Off Tucker Point
May 2016 -- Unforgettable
April 2016 -- At Night She Cries