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By D.S. Martin What we do rarely stays done Not just laundry & dishes & the trimming of trees Rembrandts require restoration castle ramparts crumble, & scaffolds arise along cathedral walls Remnants of Lamanai & Tintern Abbey's ruins remind us nothing remains forever Even the sharp edges of Donne's poems are weathered by years of linguistic shift in how our ears receive them Along the Grand Canal they hide the repairs in progress behind clever screens What we do rarely stays done Even our love will need continual renewal to keep our precious ones warm after we're gone D.S. Martin is Poet-in-Residence at McMaster Divinity College, and Series Editor for the Poiema Poetry Series from Cascade Books. He has written five poetry collections including Angelicus (2021), Ampersand (2018) and Conspiracy of Light: Poems Inspired by the Legacy of C. S. Lewis (2013). He and his wife live in Brampton, Ontario; they have two adult sons.
D.S. Martin's other work on Foreshadow: Beginning & Beginning (Poetry, April 2023) Sweet Savour (Poetry, June 2023)
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