A Poem Composed by Poet John Drudge of Canada titled “Starlight.”

Starlight 

A Poem Composed by Poet John Drudge of Canada

I’ve chirped

And chattered

On the wind

To no one

I’ve weathered

All the tempests

In all the tea pots

I’ve been poured from

Into nothing

I’ve endured

All the deserts

God can design

And now I walk here

Along the shore

By the water

With the mutts

And the mongrels

Looking for a flicker

Of something more

In the aging

Starlight

Bio of the Poet: John is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology.  He is the author of seven books of poetry: “March” (2019), “The Seasons of Us” (2019), New Days (2020), Fragments (2021), A Long Walk (2023), A Curious Art (2024) and Sojourns (2024) . His work has appeared widely in literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.