The Tuesday Poem

Christchurch Poet David Gregory is at Tuesday Poem this week

Selected by editor, James Norcliffe, David Gregory's poem Push begins:

He has found the green door at last,

in a faded, jaded street.

And, slightly askew, it reflects

the slant of his memories.

And Norcliffe's introduction to the poem says: "Doors and childhood are presiding themes of David’s work, so in many ways Push can be seen as an archetypal poem. The “green door” of the opening line references, of course, the famous fifties song. "

More at Tuesday Poem. And in the sidebar you'll find a host of other poems written by Tuesday Poets from NZ, the US, the UK and Australia, or selected by them. From a classic by Yeats to a tribute to her mother by Aucklander Elizabeth Welsh, the poems are wide-ranging, stimulating, provocative, moving. Worth a look.