The Dead Good Poets online anthology of poetry by writers from and associated with Aberdeen was published in 2006/2007 with funding from Aberdeen City Council.

For more information about the literary scene in Aberdeen and North-East Scotland please see North East Writers.

thinking of the blue air

John Sweet

i am
thinking of the
blue air

of the days growing
longer and softer

i am thinking of
holding your darker shape
up against the gently
spinning sky

i am thinking
of the three of us
far away from here
and laughing and
i'm happy

there

i've said it

From Human Cathedrals (2003, Ravenna Press)

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