I really like this James. Guess it's because my dad died in Feb and was born
on the sixteenth of June so the words have a special meaning for me Sally J


>From: James Bell <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New sub: Sixteenth Of June
>Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 09:12:25 +0000
>
>A little late but there we are.
>
>SIXTEENTH OF JUNE
>
>you reach the hiatus of a blank page
>as images impact on the eyes
>
>the Canada geese are still here
>still on their patch of estuary sand
>with the tide well out
>
>and the trickle of a river
>going by in this heat -
>nothing holds, you find no focus
>
>though you try to pin down the feeling
>as the geese enter the water to cool down
>
>you realise June is a short month
>and are tempted to buy those books
>you saw in the the bookstore in town
>
>realise too that it's Bloomsday
>and are now ready to enter
>another narrative other than this.
>
>
>
>bw
>James
>
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