The Still Quiet Streets Shadows on the paving shift Time prowling paper greys Curling the dun leaves drift Blown along each gaping rift Between the skirts in redbrick days Shadows on the paving shift Scraps of litter pilgrims sift Chance corner hideaways Curling the dun leaves drift Caught in an atmospheric lift A swirl of harried castaways Shadows on the paving shift A scrap scrabble until they sniffed The gathering of the traffic phase Curling the dun leaves drift Then desolation seems a gift Descried by new-battered strays Shadows on the paving shift Curling the dun leaves drift
Martin Potter (https://martinpotterpoet.home.blog) is a poet and academic, based in Manchester, UK, and his poems have appeared in Acumen, The French Literary Review, Eborakon, Scintilla, Ink Sweat & Tears, The Poetry Village, and other journals. His pamphlet In the Particular was published by Eyewear in December, 2017.
Grand Little Things 