IN CAMERA - The Dutschke Premise

IN CAMERA

(The Dutschke Premise)

The roving camera

hides its head

but speaks its mind

in camera -

exposing future threats

a kind

of esoteric time

exposure.

The faceless voices

sing their song

of freedom -

ignoring the Amen.

Malcolm Evison

15 January 1971

written as my response to the secret hearings

leading to the expulsion of Rudi Dutschke a student

at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, who had earlier 

survived an assassination attempt in his home country.

Poem originally published 22 January 1971 in 'Tribune'.

REBECCA JAYNE

   

                            REBECCA JAYNE

(2 yrs of age)

Observing the precarious

existence

of household plants

swiftly followed by

the sideways glance

at buttered scones –

aroused by appetites

of taste and touch and sight –

she reaches out to clutch

the flower, trembling

with anticipation of the feel

or knowledge of restraining hands.

Seeking adulation

with every tentative step –

the pleasure of each stretch

a fleeting reminiscence

of the unencumbered state

of birthday grace.

                       Malcolm Evison

another poem on a similar theme 'MIMI'

can be found on my Archive Mined poetry blog