Sorry for your troubles, Sally, and I hope things improve. And I'm glad 
you're still there!
Gill
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From: "Sally James" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: new post from Gill


>I am still here Gill and on first reading like your poem very much. I will 
>study it when I have time. There is family illness at the moment so spend a 
>lot of time visting the hospital but will be back soon to comment further. 
>Take care and best wishes Sally J
>
>
>>From: Gill McEvoy <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: new post from Gill
>>Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 16:57:51 +0100
>>
>>Hi everyone, just to see if  there's life out there/.
>>This poem is not finished yet, but I'll post it anyway as I'm not sure 
>>whether to make into a more wide-ranging thing, less about pearl diving 
>>but more about finding what we need...
>>I would be very grateful for any comments.
>>
>>
>>Pearl-diver
>>
>>His eyes clear as he dives; he sees,
>>approaching through the grey like figures in a fog,
>>strange plants and trees, the underwater Eden
>>of his everyday. Overhead a plate of light
>>tilts with the lift and fall of sea:
>>he's turned to ripples, shadows,
>>pale flesh jellied, trembling.
>>He slips in and out of thick stemmed weed,
>>an eel of limb and muscle, reaches
>>out a hand at last and feels the rasp,
>>the rough stone curve of shells, and with his knife
>>begins to hack them from their base.
>>Some will hold the tiny grain of sand
>>that has become the pearl. Back on the beach
>>he'll watch the boss-man split the shells,
>>marvel at that silver gleam of light inside,
>>clutch his own small gleam of coin in frozen hands.
>>
>>Gill McEvoy
>>
>>
>>Best wishes to everyone.
>
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