Sluggishness
...I broke
my proper thumb
within venial borders
a shear from a bygone era
on your
tip of the iceberg
you spread a ruffle in my
bleeding shadows
we steer
the flow
on with the ebb and t...
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Categories:
tideway, analogy, bereavement, farewell,
Form: Other
The Source
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On the outer edge of Kemble
there’s a stone upon the green
where a spring becomes a trickle in a pond.
It seeps and then it flows
under bridges as a stream
towards the narrowboats of Lechlad...
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Categories:
tideway, london, river,
Form: Rhyme
A Seal Atop
...A seal atop
a buoy. At anchor we popped up
to such a sight in the Lynher River.
Just how could it balance so? – sleek
and slippery on this sphere, wobbling in the water.
Sighted it s...
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Categories:
tideway, animal, river, sea,
Form: Concrete