Janet Sutherland
Sea level
from one window the castle
from the other trees
wind in the branches
marbled light against grey sky
green earth on gesso raw umber white
as if the sea has fallen on us
as if the sea has fallen on us
from one window the castle
on its high point
against marbled light a grey sky
straight lines to the buttress
where it follows the curve of the hill
in marbled light leaf green
on gesso waves restless
flooding through the room
flecked foam the pitch and heave
from one window or another
the sea is falling on us
Janet Sutherland’s work has appeared recently in the following: Stride, Shadowtrain, Litter, Great Works, Poetry Review, Shearsman, Poetry Salzburg Review, The Rialto, work forthcoming in Poetry Wales and Frogmore Papers. A collection Burning the Heartwood came out from Shearsman (www.shearsman.com in 2006. She lives in Lewes in the UK.