The Tuesday Poem

The Tuesday Poem this week is "Tourist-Limerick" by Libby Hart, selected by expatriate NZ poet, Jennifer Compton, who observes that:

"This lovely, fresh-faced, percipient book of poetry has done well for itself and it has caught the judge's eye three times. It's not a bit surprising because it is ... elegant work, with an over-arching narrative that is elusive and seductive."

"Tourist-Limerick

The cry of a gull from God-knows-where

And the church bells

And the cars forever passing

And the girl screaming at the stopped car

And the horns tooting

And the girl saying: That’s crap, that is ..."

To read more, click on the title of the poem, following:

"Tourist--Limerick"

You can also check out other great poems from the international Tuesday Poem community, featured in the left hand side bar on the Tuesday Poem Blog.