Trish,

Just listening in and I appreciate this insight.

Still enjoying the images,

Colin


----- Original Message -----
From: "Trish Harewood" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: New Sub: Fencing In (A photograph)


> Dear Bob,
> It's about taking photographs on a walk and how a photograph, being
limited
> in it's scope, 'fences in' a landscape as the material fences fence-in a
> landscape.
> That's a mouthful, Slipping out on tarmac is returning from the landscape
to
> the ordinary world (road). So the photographer is doing the fencing. The
> branch is taken inside the camera.It's not just one photograph so perhaps
> I'd better make that clear somehow.It could be a whole series taken whilst
> on the walk.
>
> Hope that's helpful.
> Trish
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Cooper" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: New Sub: Fencing In (A photograph)
>
>
> > Hi Trish,
> > I'm not yet able to make a link between the poem and the title. (And I
> keep
> > thinking there's an awful lot of movement for a photograph!)
> > I'll leave the title, then, and focus in on the poem...
> > Which I enjoy until I stumble a little at:
> > "Fence in
> > hours and weeks
> > of de-
> > composing
> > leaves.
> >
> >   Slip out..."
> >
> > And I can't work out who's done (or doing) the fencing! Then I assume
it's
> > the "we" of the poem who slip out of the spinney - but I could be so
> wrong!
> > Then, even tho there's twigs they haven't taken, they carried in a huge
> > branch!
> > I'm sorry, I'm mega-confused.
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: Trish Harewood <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: New Sub: Fencing In  (A photograph)
> > >Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:30:17 -0000
> > >
> > >  Talking of paling Arthur, here's something else I'd like to put to
the
> > >test. Thanks,
> > >
> > >trish
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >FENCING IN:  A PHOTOGRAPH
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Not taking
> > >twigs from soil
> > >
> > >we go
> > >
> > >shuffling
> > >
> > >on the muddy banks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >In the wet
> > >
> > >spinney walk
> > >
> > >between
> > >
> > >the black
> > >
> > >chesnut poles.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >By the
> > >
> > >cut and dry
> > >
> > >paling
> > >
> > >name a
> > >
> > >couple of fields.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Fence in
> > >
> > >hours and weeks
> > >
> > >of de-
> > >
> > >composing
> > >
> > >leaves.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  Slip out
> > >
> > >on tarmac
> > >
> > >taking
> > >
> > >the branch inside.
> >
> >
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