Thank you Sally J, I thought nobody liked it!
SallyE
on 17/4/05 12:31 pm, Sally James at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> This is a lovely poem. I find that when we are busy poems take second place
> in our thoughts Then suddenly one comes and we realise our muse has not
> forsaken us. It fills the empty spaces of our mind and for myself I am
> always glad when a new poem emerges. bw Sally J
>
>> From: Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: New`poem`The`Space
>> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:06:47 +0100
>>
>> on 15/4/05 10:05 pm, Sally Evans at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>
>>> This began from the 'dry' patch I have had- prob because v busy. Over
>> to you
>>> all
>>>
>>> The Space
>>>
>>> The space is full.
>>>
>>> It is full of a sound beyond hearing
>>> where a silence slowly completes itself
>>> below birdsong and steady wind
>>> in the trees before leaf spread.
>>>
>>> It is full of the sight of these trees
>>> sporadically sunlit
>>> thorugh the squares of a window,
>>> from intimate shadow.
>>>
>>> The space is full of perfume,
>>> hundreds of plants and flowers.
>>> It is full of the comfort of warmth
>>> it is a space of stillness.
>>>
>>> Also rest,
>>> where a few of these busy words
>>> come knocking,
>>> words that whisk you away,
>>>
>>> spiral you up, or down
>>> from to
>>> curve and expand, inflate
>>> till the space is bigger than before.
>>>
>>> It is full of a sound beyond hearing
>>> and of echoing words,
>>> where a silence slowly completes itself
>>> that is also words - until
>>>
>>> the space is full.
>>>
>>> Sally Evans
>>>
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