(after Tennyson)
below the thunders of the upper deep,
far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
my lover sleeps and waits for me,
waiting for the time we’ll meet again,
and in his many arms I’ll find,
peace and siren’s songs, so long, my lost
monster of many names, deep wet surprise,
covered in shells, organisms, birds,
across depth and height and width,
I love all that is deep and dark in you,
all the luck of the ocean floor,
secrets of the seabed,
endless, open, your arms enfold me
and then again and again and again
Love Poem for the Kraken is included in Ben Webb’s debut collection, The Passing, to be published in September 2024.
Picture no. 10007355, Mary Evans Picture Library
Ben Webb is a writer based in London, making formally playful, poetic works of art for assorted audiences. Work for theatre includes The Well & Badly Loved (published by Bloomsbury). Ben’s debut poetry collection, The Passing, will be published in September 2024. He is currently working on an oral history of the uncredited dancing sailors from Derek Jarman’s 1979 film of The Tempest. His website is at: www.riskingenchantment.com
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