on retreat

on retreat

Siegfried Baber

after ninety days 
of prayer 
and fasting
he can hear 
the dust 
settling 
on his shoulders
like a fine
warm snow

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Siegfried Baber
Writer

Siegfried was born in Devon in 1989. His debut pamphlet When Love Came To The Cartoon Kid was published by Telltale Press, with its title poem nominated for the 2015 Forward Prize. In 2020, he published London Road West, an ebook of poems and photographs. A new collection, The Twice-Turned Earth, is forthcoming.

Photography by Alec Douglas