‘Canals of the Back Streets’ by Martin Potter Glints in the city sun andTown-breeze ripples rainbowTouches in the oily filmRunning behind and under-streetBrick-sided trough canalsFloated industry wall-screenedBut inconspicuous door-gapsDisguise steps down to the tightTowpaths that shelve overThe patient loitering watersDown-flow interrupted Waiting on sleeper leversTo be wrenched hinge-swingCirculation rebootedVeins in need of dredgingDrear-grime to dark heart’s blood Meet the Poet! Martin Potter (https://martinpotterpoet.home.blog) is a British-Colombian poet and academic, based in Manchester, and his poems have appeared in Acumen, The French Literary Review, Eborakon, Ink Sweat & Tears, The Poetry Village, and other journals. His pamphlet In the Particular was published by Eyewear in December, 2017. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Published by fragmentedvoices A small, independent press based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, and Prague, the Czech Republic View all posts by fragmentedvoices