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Home for Stars
Every star
needs to fall
into a constellation,
the blessed union
of imaginary lines
crafting a framework
of belonging;
the lattice,
the cradle,
the makeshift bed
to find contentment in;
the persistent home
resistant against
all comets,
a corner of the sky
to call home
and be called to.
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On Mistakes
I make my drawings
in permanent marker.
I draw fast,
lopping arcs of pendulum ink
swing across the page.
A line goes out of orbit.
You work with your mistakes,
blend them into the whole,
another word in the silent poetry.
You cannot erase,
as art reflects life,
little chance
for corrections.
Hold the artist accountable.
Let the canvas be my guilt.
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Biography
Colin Dardis is a poet, editor and freelance arts facilitator based in Belfast. His work has been published widely throughout Ireland, the UK and USA. He was a 2015-16 ACES recipient from Arts Council Northern Ireland. A collection is forthcoming from Eyewear Publishing in 2017.Coline also co-runs Poetry NI and is the editor for Lagan Online. www.colindardispoet.co.uk
Like both of these poems by Colin Dardis, but especially ‘Home for Stars’, which somehow makes me think of The Clangers…
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