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Gargoyles on the House of Stairs
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They were there
in London, Chester, and Bath,
the gargoyles on the house of stairs.
As stone angels
climbed stone rungs of a ladder
carved to embrace Bath’s main cathedral walls;
I thought I heard Robert Plant sing Led Zeppelin’s song
as the angels climbed the “Stairway to Heaven”.
From every turret and every stair
the gargoyles perched as if on air;
towering, overpowering creatures
with hideous eyes that glared
green and red.
Their talon-like claws
gripped the narrow rooftop’s edges,
as if ready to suddenly swoop down
upon the high street below.
How fascinating they looked, way above me
as they smiled a sinful grin.
The lights of London, the angels of Bath,
and the nights of Chester carried on,
as if these guardians couldn’t see,;
but they did see me,
for I saw the gleam
in the eyes of the gargoyles!
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Web Design by Douglas Elves. Water reflection photograph by Linda Jennings.
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Alison Owen Nicholls  Alison joined the Stroll of Poets' Society in 1992. She has published two collections of poems, "I Can Say I Knew You", and "The Versified Tarot"; a second edition of the latter with illustrations is planned. In 2001, two of her poems were published in a limited edition, coffee-table book, of twelve art-pieces and twelve poems, "Imaging Time". A 3rd chapbook collection of poems is also in the works.
POEMS
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