Pole Star by Kate Firth

 


 

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

The Yew Speaks on St Brigid’s Day by Kate Firth

Stories

Poems