A Warning to the Fisher King
Night is a black cape thrown open
to reveal
the white-dove moon.
You toss the net with a sorcerer's flourish.
Fisher King – you try to dredge your heart
but what you reach is fathomless, the waves as sharp as knives.
When you drag your mesh
minnows dart like impulses you can't contain.
Broken king, lurching with your line,
mistaking your shadow
for love.
Anna Saunders is the author of Communion (Wild Conversations Press), Struck (Pindrop Press), Kissing the She Bear (Wild Conversations Press), Burne Jones and the Fox (Indigo Dreams), and Ghosting for Beginners (Indigo Dreams). Her new book is Feverfew (Indigo Dreams). She is also the Executive Director of Cheltenham Poetry Festival and works as a creative writing tutor and mentor, communications specialist, journalist, broadcaster and copywriter/editor. You can find her, and her publications, here.