David Adès
In the Present
The past keeps surprising me
by knocking at my door unbidden
with its quiver full of arrows
but I know it is the future
that stalks me now
as deadly and indifferent
as all the gods.
David Adès is an Australian poet whose most recent book Afloat in Light is available through UWA Publishing at https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/afloat-in-light.