http://www.presspress.com.au/compton.htm
 

Roma
A6 32pp 
ISBN 978-0-950367-9-5
$9.90 including postage

This excellent collection from the poet and playwright Jennifer Compton is 
placed in Rome: it is a Rome of the heart and mind as well as a geographic 
location. 
 
 

Source: http://www.presspress.com.au/comptonpoem.htm

JENNIFER COMPTON
 

From the 8th Floor
Rome is glittering tonight.
And the fireworks for no reason
in a suburb I haven't been to.

There was a fire the other day,
over there, in the distance,
the smoke rolled like rain clouds.
Until it stopped.

And then, that evening, as I scanned
the horizon like an Australian
for fire, for smoke,

I saw a fire, the fire of
the setting sun striking the windows
on the hill, and then the cupola.
Ablaze. In turn. Until the sun set.
 
 
 
 
 

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