H'm

and one said
speak to us of love
and the preacher opened
his mouth and the word God
fell out so they tried
again speak to us
of God then but the preacher
was silent reaching
his arms out but the little
children the ones with
big bellies and bow
legs that were like
a razor shell
were too weak to come

"H'm,"
from H'm
You can also find this in
COLLECTED POEMS 1945-1990(J.M.Dent, 1993).

Back ground image: The church of the St.Hywyn in Aberdaron.
This photo was taken in 2002 by Yoshifum! Nagata.