whether seen quite as you imagined or not, Lawrence, it's a nifty
string of photosnaps; practically a museum in itself.
Doug
On 29-Jun-05, at 1:00 PM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> apologies for all the oddities
>
> i did test this out and thought it might work
>
> why i am not sure
>
> i should know better
>
> i do know better
>
> the full stop strings are spaces
>
> apologies once again
>
> L
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:33 PM
> Subject: snaps 29th june
>
>
> Porthia
> .........
> Porthminster - high tide
> .........
> Almost full tide.
> .........
> The harbour's filled:
> fishing-boat-bobbing
> is enabled.
> .........
> Jetties are surrounded. Boats
> test their rope leashes. Luggers
> and other sail craft flow out and in.
> .........
> Gulls bounce where the Stennack dribbles
> into the bay, headed at The Arts Club
> the same speed as the counter current.
> .........
> Wind takes much of our noise to sea,
> brown fields of air above brown field water,
> making the motor boats magical.
> .........
> Further out
> in converging channels
> predatory small boats
> one or two within
> stooped
> and patient
> .........
> trappist quiet
> .........
> a heath group of them
> like spiders where shrubs begin to intertwine
> .........
> Horizon watery
> .........
> White tops, and white birds over
> .........
> The strong arm of the clock
> slides upwards to eleven
> propelled propelling
> .........
> and then down
> .........
> and then back up
> towards midday
> which shall come
> reliable enough
> regular
> .........
> my watch a little fast
> .........
> my own time lagging
> .........
> .........
> .........
> Porthmeor - low tide
> .........
> porth a landing place
> hence an incurving, sheltered and accessible stretch of coast
> .
> porth meor the large, the great, perhaps the best
> landing place
> .........the great harbour
> .........though here were built few harbours
> .
> a white froth line, signifying untransmitted sound
> .
> Porthmeor Beach language canalised
> almost as tautologous as "Castle an dinas" -
> you'll be rooked here -
> no boat in the offing
> no ropes or chains
> wet sands
> and hordes with hoards including furniture
> .........some surfers, penguin-ungainly
> .........wind breaks
> ..................oriented randomly
> .........or built as pens
> .........ground sheets of considerable extent
> ..................grumpy and aggressive upon them
> .........special trolleys to carry their organic copies
> ..................learning to contain their
> imaginations..................
> ..................and constrict their self-expression
> .........beach gowns
> .........beach sandals
> .........beach towels, large and small
> .........large bags
> ..................containing wipes and drinks
> ..................and sandwiches and jumpers
> couples
> stable and unstable threesomes
> and groups
> and isolated ones, upright and separate like grave monuments
> .........there are tents
> ..................one with a Cornish flag unfluttering upon it
> .........there are tents that one might live in for a month or so
> ..................radios, to cure the boredom of the world's noise
> ..................airbeds, untested for seaworthiness
> ..................metal-framed chairs and tables
> .................. .........to facilitate each meal
> .
> they don't stay long as individuals
> there is nothing much to do
> cameras provide more interest than the subject filmed
> .
> crabs and the like have been stoned and crushed
> .
> gulls wait on lamppost tops and rush for the refuse
> ......... ......... ......... .........ripping at carrier bags
> .
> west upon a piece of higher sand, a dozen play a form of cricket
> there was one there yesterday
> I ate an apple
> and watched a crow inspect the core
> looked up and it was over
> the players no longer on the beach
>
>
> mid-view
> a life guard
> propped
> in a powered
> buggy
> surrounded by surfboards lying flat
> like fish of unexpected colour, drying
>
>
Douglas Barbour
11655 - 72 Avenue NW
Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
(780) 436 3320
-- bring lust into the library
or it is hell.
Lisa Robertson
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