a lowering of the light, but not contrast;
an increase there, and fresher;
a stronger wind, and cooler;
easier to see; less easy to stand still
enhanced edges on each wave
diluted white
cobalt over each drab rolling colour
of each wave reddened
though with green, becoming
greener persistently reddening,
becoming purple
a finger nail below the sky chalked blue
where the sea is shallow,
one line, a sudden yellow
where it becomes beach sand
frayed the other way in a deeper blue
the concertina-ed miles of Irish Sea
beyond our scope or today’s interest
Inshore it's all froth
where rock and concrete break the lunar push
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UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton
42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover
Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4
wfuk.org.uk/blog
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Lawrence Upton
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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