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Colin Donati ( site in development )
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Welcome to the website of Colin Donati.
Colin is a Scottish poet, writer and musician who illustrates his own work.
Latest Publication (March 2010) is available from Red Squirrel Press Ancient and Now
Stray
I’m a dog
a lost dog
a looking dog
dog that scents back over its shoulder to find
what ?
that it might have no master any more ?
lost dog
looking dog
ears flat to the neck
padding purposefully beside strangers
dog
overtaking by degrees
columns of strangers
dog
forwards
back
forwards
forwards again
dog
dog
along the pavement of the five-o’clock street
beside the cyclist wheeling the bicycle by its saddle
beside the hangdog man with the worn, stuffed briefcase
beside the couple who pause briefly by the pizza-shop
on
on
still forwards
lost dog
seeking
searching
what ?
and when before sunset ?
don’t know
and nor do any of these gods about me,
eyes in ruining sunshine,
following thoughtless noses
to mats, to spouses and to suppers,
failing to scent tomorrow
in the stour of traffic
my tonight
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Colin Donati
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