POLLEN OF WORDS
Humber Mouth Festival 2006, Central Library Hull
Pollen of Words
In this shuffling church of books,
a congregation of lexicons huddles together
and mutters.
I ignore the stoic majority,
liking instead the quiver of verpönt, segel,
the hummingbird wing of stimme,
their clamour for attention from
a whisper of people
passing.
Becky Cherriman, June '06
photo: Stefan Weigert
