Three Poems & Photograph in Studio

Issue 160 (2024) of Studio magazine contains four of Andrew’s poems—”Last Laughs: two lyrics for my father”, “About Emptiness” (a set of three haiku) and “Among Autumn Maples” (reproduced below).

One of Andrew’s photographs—of Osaki Hachimangu Shrine in Sendai, Japan—was used for the cover of this issue of Studio.

Among Autumn Maples

I see four men walking in the midst of the fire …
and the appearance of the fourth is like … Daniel 3:25

 

An affinity
with those men in Babylon
unfazed by fire—
that’s what I feel as I walk
through this maple inferno.

‘A son of the gods’
is how the 4th man appeared
as he braved the fire.
How I’m pining to see him
walking among the maples!

     © Andrew Lansdown