Glad that there is something in it for you. The nostalgia is harking back to
an earlier stage in life.

Colin
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From: "Sally James" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: newSUB/nostalgia


>I like this Colin, it is so surreal and has so much going for it. There is
>a
> lot to take in and I will need to study this more carefully and I haven't
> had much time this week.There is a lot of lovely imagery. I am a bit
> unsure
> whether the I in the poem is human or a fish. I am not so sure about the
> title either. For me the poem is about someone being a fish out of water.
> Someone not fitting in. I remember at York University the friendly carp
> that
> you could almost stroke (I think they were carp.) The poem reminds me off
> this place. Bw Sally J
>
>>From: Colin dewar <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: newSUB/nostalgia
>>Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:04:14 -0000
>>
>>Nostalgia
>>
>>
>>As trout swims
>>I slip upstream against green
>>mown slopes with willows.
>>Slim students pass me on the library stairs.
>>
>>I want oxygen, the moistened stone,
>>I want the lozenge of light above the coll
>>laid on a ledge of paper.
>>When a book claps, worlds join in the hand.
>>
>>Outside, slopes above the pond
>>are like a painting.
>>Spruce climbs to the light and cliffs show
>>if you stood where you'd be painted in.
>>
>>The pond's frozen, banded by shade and sun.
>>A squall of ice falls and I am touched by stars.
>>The summer branch sails on the ice
>>until air tips it on the ruffled face.
>>
>>When swans thrash
>>to hold each other under
>>I slip behind the island
>>where such stir beckons unseen.
>>
>>
>>Colin
>