in the cafe
she pockets scraps of talk
from other tables
About this Rooku
In our large city this poem looks at one person among many. A cafe gives the impression of welcome, interaction, companionship. For the solitary person conversations overheard provide something to take away and savour, alone or in later retelling - snippets of connection.
About Lerys Byrnes
To transform an idea into a poem involves glimpse, search, passion. Lerys Byrnes is a tutor of creative writing to adult education groups and classes, and member of a long-established writing workshop.
