Sweet Savour

11/6/2023

By D.S. Martin

It's one thing to describe   thunder's
grumble to your ear   & how
the vibration penetrates your ribcage

lightning cracking the night
wide open   the keen downpour
on your upturned face

& the jitter of a cool trickle   down
the back of your neck   But what of
a taste   unknown to your hearer

like this taste   I've tasted   & been
swallowed by   & seen?   What of
this goodness   this sweet savour?

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)

3 Comments

rena ong link

27/6/2023 01:13:49 pm

as always. such lovely flow in your poems. Love the way you play with the words, 'jitter of a cool trickle....'
and that ending question of something even better
marvellous

Susan link

27/6/2023 05:43:22 pm

Such an unexpected turn in the end, so deftly wheeled. Made me go back and read it again just to feel it.

Laurie Klein link

28/6/2023 04:33:19 pm

I love this poem! The word petrichor—though I delight in its meaning—always disappoints me. Somehow, perhaps by embodying abandon(?), you've more closely named the singular, breathable elixir of healing presence and joy.

Sweet Savour

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