Formerly an actress, Kate Firth is a voice coach based in Barcelona. She has had poems published in various anthologies and magazines. Passionate about poetry as an oral as well as written tradition, she has performed at Bristol, Cheltenham and Winchester poetry festivals.
Pole Star
Time to travel you north
and go you to snow
and slip you softly
down the mountain
to your sleep;
your pillowed head in frosty sunlight
melt yourself to snowdrift wings,
where cold is warm
and nevermore dreams
you flying smoothly
over ice.
Waken you to sky
in starbright dark
wisen your wondering
with speechless witness
be still
and pole star true:
breathe the freeze
of time sparkled forest
pure as wind
pure as wind.
Kate Firth
First Published in Venus Reborn, Chrysalis Poetry 2013
Postcard from the Beara Peninsula by Kate Firth
Fruity Competition by Kate Firth
Crackington Haven on New Year’s Eve by Kate Firth