Rob Lowe

Silences
 
The silence of reading
And of books,
Like the silence of nature,
Shows inner working.
Be still and listen.
Your heart is talking,
 
So, when a twig cracks,
Or a person talks,
What breaks
Under the heavy boot
Of the thoughtless assumption
Is a deep concentration.
 
What falls
In sacrificed feather and wing
Under a hunter’s gun
Is the day’s intention.
The barking of dogs
Resounds through my woods.
 
Songbirds. Flight. Lamentation.
The words that pursue them.
 

Rob Lowe wrote and read poetry long before he began submitting his work to editors,a process which gave his work more focus and discipline, Thank you, editors! He has been published online and in print, as well as being shortlisted for some competition entries, and the winner of the prestigious Chiltern Arts competition 2024, judged by Roger McGough. Notable work is in the Civic Leicester series, MinK Milton Keynes Festival anthologies, where he also lives, and one edition of Lucent Dreaming. He enjoys attending literary festivals.