Hello Christina. I think this is lovely poem. I like the way you say "Teach
me to turn time to bright days" Almost like you want the tide to turn take
you back to those happy times as a child.
I have been busy and have not had time to study this poem properly before
now but I really like it as for me it is a poem written from the heart. I
also like the lines about "drawing true lines in your long lost memory". I
think it is a very deep and meaningful poem. Bw Sally J
>From: Christina Fletcher <[log in to unmask]>
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>Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 05:25:51 EDT
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>Father
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>Imprint in my thick skull
>the knack of words and trick of laughter.
>Teach me to turn time to bright days
>on Jaywick Sands, not to lose my sixpence.
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>Sure-footed, those donkeys: the way
>their branded hooves negotiate the path
>as bells jingle and their long ears prick
>to pick up distant sounds.
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>Train me to hear what's beyond this city's sirens
>and my own babble, to see
>past tower blocks and to draw true lines
>in your long, lost memory.
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>christina fletcher
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