evocative - you can almost smell them
these lines
as the hawsers tighten further
as if they will sudenly
rear up and kick an invisible keeper
who is stronger than they
bring the barges to life (lit.) and are more powerful than the mythic queen
Terri )O(
-----Original Message-----
From: The Pennine Poetry Works [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of James Bell
Sent: 24 July 2002 08:55
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Subject: New sub: Barges
The is a second try at sending this one. The other one didn't seem to
connect.
BARGES
Hulks held down by mooring ropes
beached as the tide slips out
down the estuary
something to watch and do nothing about
though they don't care
as the hawsers tighten further
as if they will sudenly
rear up and kick an invisible keeper
who is stronger than they
and will merely remind them
of this act of futility while
their utter stillness begs defiance
silent unmoveable anarchy
sat on a flat sand bar
they will wait for water to float
fat flat hulls and renew
some sense of free movement -
not made for the high seas
their willingness to slow sail
the stuary is acceptable
dumb humbleness and remember
there are people like this
who are mere carriers for the
Queen of Egypt and others of her kind.
bw
James
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