Leicestershire, England
FOR EMILY
My transatlantic cousins call me
“across the pond.”
The sky is metallic,
The weather indecisive.
We bicker, brewing storms in teacups,
Yet we share history.
I trace a finger
across a folded roadmap.
Like Atlas, I shoulder geography.
“Boston,” “York,” and “Aberdeen”
rise beneath my fingernail.
I’ve seen them before:
on American road signs,
in American films.
We share our names.
Yet not all your names
began on these shores.
Some come from Dakota,
Spanish and French.
You are a treasure
shaped by many hands.
I am proud to know
that I, like many, am like you.
We share.
ABOUT THE POET
J.A.G Mabbutt is a poet, avid cinephile, and writer. He has had both his poetry and writing published with Zimmer Magazine, Film East, Anarkiss, and Scribbled in the past year. Online, you can find his poetry via @jag_poetry on Instagram. In his day-to-day life, he is an English teacher based in Leicestershire. He studied at the University of Liverpool, receiving a degree in English Literature and History.
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