Eithne Hand, Member 13,947, published her second collection of poetry, Tickle this summer and the cover was a photograph taken by Clare Sutton. “Anfa | Tempest” is one of the poems in her book.

Anfa | Tempest

Slant light touched us home,
hands meeting for the first time.
Our bodies in surprise liked each other,
we tasted the same, share words of love,
found it hard to stay apart. Windy
autumn brought an orange wedding.

Years of weather rained past,
our tides neither rip nor spring
we tempered rare stormy nights,
moored together to this good thing.
We saw many capsizes, offered
windshook friends mugs of solace –

Feeling shipshape, snugly mated –
while our anfa sat offshore and waited.

From ‘Tickle‘, a book of poetry by Eithne Hand

Image credit: Cirrus vertebratus spotted over Hammersmith, West London, England by Claire Sutton