Father Father Burning Bright

Don't Worry About Forgetting I'll Remember Everything

Grow Up Together

A poem written as part of my residency at Alexandra Road Park in association with Open Squares & Gardens and The Poetry School. 

CONSTELLATIONS 

I’d always thought of gardening as an art of precision,
of planting at just the right time, hemming bushes 
so they’re in exactly the right position, sewing seeds

like delicate pleats. Poppy seeds - it seems -  are an exception. 
The gardener chucks a random handful in all directions.  
Perhaps this is how good constellations were made. 

Anyone could plant like this, she says, even you,
and showers seeds into my palm. I scatter them like prayers 
into the galaxy of dirt, trust the ground to know what to do.

Constellations

Lewis Buxton is a poet, workshop leader & events producer. In 2016 he co-founded TOAST Poetry, an organisation dedicated to the professional development of poets. Prior to this he founded Burn After Reading Presents, a poetry evening promoting emerging writers. He assists Apples & Snakes in programming London’s premier monthly open mic night Jawdance. He has run workshops for First Story, Writers’ Centre Norwich, Ingeenium & Apples and Snakes. His poems have recently been published by Ambit Magazine, Elbow Room & Paper Swans Press. He is writer-in-residence at Villiers High School. He is available for workshops, performances, commissions at: lewisbuxtonwriter@gmail.com
@lewisbuxton93