E–D–W–I–N–M–O–R–G–A–N

pErjink barD, Whose brIghtness shiNes,

diMmer nOw; youR aGe An eoN

redEfining scotlanD’s Weeness wIth soNnnets

Mercurial visitOrs, hoRsiemen, starlinGs And chaffiNches,

strangE Dialects tWinned wIth toNgues

froM hOme, woRld lanGuages mAking frieNds;

dEftly benDing Words Into infiNite

forMs, cOnstructions foR holdinG And loviNg,

poEms openeD With happIness, penNing

anagraMs Of youR orGan And hymeN,

sharEd iDeograms Within whIch Nothing

becoMes pOetry: foR nothinG sAys somethiNg,

dEsires worDs Which stain, iNking

Memories, retOuching pResbyterian Grey, reveAling raiNbows,

mEanings transmittedD With tIme’s passiNg –

instaMatics, space-pOems, computeR-greetings, video-boxinG, orAcular techNician –

thosE Dipped straWberries stIll shiNe,

reMembered Over-and-oveR aGain deAth kNots

lifE’s enD: We persIst iN

reMembering – pOems aRe messaGes, trAnsmitting oN-and-on-and-on–

Another mesostic project, Mesostic Interleaved, was commissioned by Edinburgh University Library, and can be viewed here.