Helo James - This is very evocative, as are all your estuary poems.  I was a
little confused by the reference to the Christ figure as the geese are not
listening and who is the one giving the teaching?

Otherwise - nice poem.

Best wishes

Catherine
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>One from the notebook and part of the estuary sequence again.
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>SERMON ON A SANDBANK
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>There is some kind of debate going on
>at the turn in a sandbank where the geese gather
>some on land, some on the very flat water -
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>several wings flap, some honk -
>it's like a version of Jesus giving a sermon
>while standing in a boat on the Sea of Galilee -
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>though nobody walks on water and all boats
>are moored way off nearer the shore -
>it's a space between a bleakness
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>that is close to desolation
>except for this band of pilgrims observed
>only by you and a curlew who passes on foot
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>bw
>James