Rising Early, a poem by Arthur Adlen and read by Rita Fitzpatrick

The photograph shows Arthur in North Wales sitting reading Roth.

Rising early

Rising early, woken by gulls,
white flock against the Welsh slate sky,
cries carried to me on the blustery wind….

Arthur Adlen died on 17th September 2018.

Arthur’s website: Arthur Adlen
Read the review of Arthur’s book of poetry Memoirs of a Breck Road Buck
Hear Arthur’s poems previously broadcast here
Buy Arthur’s book at News from Nowhere