Bio
Anton Floyd born in Cairo, Egypt, a Levantine mix of Irish, Maltese, English and French Lebanese, now lives in West Cork, Ireland. Widely published in Ireland and overseas. A debut collection, Falling into Place (Revival Press), was published in 2018 with Depositions forthcoming in June 2022 from Doire Press.
Anton Floyd
Bridges
It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart. Rilke
Snow is still white in this black season.
I have grieved for the shadows that haunt me –
her gentian eyes, her grim mouth
probe still the conscience of the world –
but do not grieve for me. In spite of all
it has not been a songless winter:
the blackbird's spring notes summon
a new day from a blood-red sun.
Hill and forest will yet be stripped of mist
and sunflowers rise from blackened seeds.
No bridge is equal to a changing season
except a mother's love. She seals a future
with the burnt offering of her heart –
the only seal that never loses authority.