THE EMPEROR’S SMALL CHANGE
Tony Lewis-Jones
First published in 2001, The Emperor’s Small Change is now in its 6th edition. The original settings and lay-out of the poems have not been altered since the first print-run – however, this is a completely new edition, available exclusively by credit/debit card from the Poetry Monthly Internet Bookshop @ www.poetrymonthly.com and the author. Cheques payable to Tony Lewis-Jones, 24 Northwick Road, Bristol, BS7 0UG, UK.
Tony Lewis-Jones’ volume of Collected Poems, ‘Any Time’, was considered for the Wales Book of the Year 2007 and is obtainable from the Poetry Monthly Internet Bookshop @ www.poetrymonthly.com— and from all good bookshops.
Tony Lewis-
The Ruined Chapel at Chinon
Is cellar cool, quiet as dust.
Its jagged walls and floor
suggest austerity, the spirit’s
ancient struggle with the flesh.
A little light
breaks through a cleft
where the altar was
and a frightened girl
sought courage from the silence
before the flames. A little light
is all one needs
for vision.
