A Poem for National Poetry Day

To celebrate National Poetry Day here is a poem from one of the earlier Rack Press pamphlet collections, Inconsequences (2006) by Dai Vaughan who sadly died earlier this year.  Known as a documentary film editor and the author of imaginative and innovative fiction he also wrote poetry and we were very pleased to be able to publish this collection. [It is now out of print.]

Secret Games

Parachute taut,

Torn and tethered

In the tall tree,

The goat nibbling

At the green fern

Where, guardedly,

We hid playing

Infancy’s dear

Misdemeanours  -

And in due time

Thus multiplied

The mimes of fear.