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Selected Poems of John Kitching

Biography

John Kitching is a distinguished poet known for his evocative and thought-provoking verse that delves into the complexities of the human experience. His poetry often intertwines themes of love, loss, and the passage of time, capturing the essence of life's fleeting moments with remarkable clarity and emotional intensity. Kitching's work has been widely published and celebrated for its profound insights and masterful use of language, earning him a respected place in contemporary poetry. His ability to connect deeply with readers through his honest and reflective writing has garnered him a dedicated following and numerous literary accolades.

List of Poems

Geography
History
One Parent Family

Geography

I love Geography.

Other people, other places,
Different customs, different faces,
Drought and desert, field and plain,
Snow and ice and monsoon rain,
Volcanoes, glaciers,
Bubbling springs,
Clouds and rainbows,
Countless things.

Stars and planets, distant space,
Whatever's ugly, full of grace.

Seas and rivers,
Cliffs and caves,
The wonderous ways this world behaves.

So much to learn; so much to know;
And so much farther still to go.

History

History
Is more than dusty, rusty pages
About crooked princes, queens and kings,
Or victims chained in cold and cruel prison cages.

History
Is more than the mystery
Of wars, other mighty causes
And painful causes
For great black plagues and fires.

History
Is also your small yesterday and mine.
It is our own comic and our curious.
It is what made us small folk
Fearful, fierce or furious.

History
Is the blended thread
That binds the living to the dead.

One Parent Family

I wish that I had more than just
A weekend dad, a dad who shakes
The dust of Sunday from his feet
And makes his short drive home
When we've been sourly dumped
At mother's peeling five-day door.
It isn't only childish greed
That makes me want my father more.