A Red to Ruin: Pompeii found poems & art by Stuart Buck
A RED TO RUIN
found poems* & art
by
Stuart Buck

some dreadful bodies/our disaster at the seashore
the emperor continued singing
until he had finished his song
it is likely that we’re caught
and that all of us will die

things left behind
prevailing winds in Campania
remnants of autumnal fruits
wine fermenting jars
across the bay but in the shallows
rockfall rockfall rockfall

the hunt
they elected to take to the fields
with pillows tied to their heads
how the slave escaped
remains a mystery
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*found poem text is taken from the wikipedia page 'eruption of vesuvius'

Stuart Buck is a visual artist and award winning poet living in North Wales. His art has been featured in several online and print journals as well as gracing the covers of several books. His third poetry collection 'Portrait of a Man on Fire' is coming November 2020. When he is not writing or reading poetry, he likes to cook, juggle and listen to music. You can commission him to make you something lovely by contacting him via twitter - @stuartmbuck