"Turning back the clock" signifies going back in time to the old ways, not 
only as turning back the clock in reality. There is a lot in this title , 
think of the season the significance.  The old ways that of country lore and 
witchcraft with the  strong religious elements. For me it is the only title 
that could apply and make sense to me. best wishes Sally J

>From: Bob Cooper <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: new sub, Turning back the clock (Gill)
>Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 13:24:58 +0000
>
>Hi Gill,
>Yes -- daft grin -- I started to worry, wondering if I'd turned my clocks 
>forward or back last weekend!
>And we know, from the poem, that it's autumn.
>But, now I start to focus on the title, I wonder if there are other titles 
>lurking around, waiting to appear... I like what the title's doing: setting 
>a context for the text that will follow, looking at the poem in a slightly 
>slant kind of way.
>I sort of get a picture of someone walking "At The Edge Of The Town" - but 
>I might be totally wrong in placing the poem there! The word "edge" appeals 
>to me! It might be that a the title could offer something else... I love 
>titles that intrigue at the start, then offer even more after the poem is 
>read.
>Writes Bob
>
>... who's now thinking it might be interesting to think of givining a poem 
>to a group of people - in a class or as a competition - and suggesting they 
>find the best title!
>
>
>>From: Gill McEvoy <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: new sub, Turning back the clock
>>Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 12:06:27 -0000
>>
>>PS perhaps not setting the clocks forward but simply "changing the clock". 
>>Forgot they go back in autumn - silly me!
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Gill McEvoy" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 9:32 AM
>>Subject: Re: new sub, Turning back the clock
>>
>>
>>>Dear Sally I like some of your images here very much, especially the 
>>>fox's mad eye - brilliant. but there is a tiny suspicion of 
>>>sentimentality in some of the lines that I would get rid of if it were my 
>>>poem -'each crackled tear sticks to my soul' in particular. You could 
>>>alternatively 'crack tears under your feet'- that would give strength and 
>>>resolution to the poem as if you were casting off the past. And I'd 
>>>change the title to setting the clock forward to enhance that idea.
>>>But it reads beautifully and it has a very fine lyricism. And Arthur is 
>>>right: that lyrical voice of yours is gaining strength rapidly! I don't 
>>>know your history, please forgive me if I've trodden on a toe.
>>>love,
>>>Gill
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally James" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 10:18 AM
>>>Subject: new sub, Turning back the clock
>>>
>>>
>>>Turning back the clock.
>>>
>>>The moon, a foxes mad eye
>>>glares between stark branches
>>>of an unclothed tree.
>>>Spying in the twilight
>>>it creeps across moors
>>>still glowing from
>>>the aftermath of sunset.
>>>I walk upon the crumpled gown
>>>of autumn, each crackled tear
>>>sticking to my soul.
>>>Mist hovers in the hedgerows.
>>>Clouds circle my head, protect
>>>from the prickle of holly, yet
>>>droplets of berries still bleed
>>>in this star-less dusk.
>>>
>>>Sally James
>>>
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