Oh dear
I have rewritten it Patrick. I think it's better though I am going to let
it stand overnight
L
On Wed, December 28, 2011 12:24, Patrick McManus wrote:
> Porth joke!!!! STORM CLOUDS
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> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 28 December 2011 10:40
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> Subject: Re: The bar between The Gugh and St Agnes seen from St Agnes
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> Dear Patrick
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>
> On Sat, December 24, 2011 13:17, Patrick McManus wrote:
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>> Porth a nice word but three times is that over porthing
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> Could be. I'll think about it. There are few alternatives; but that
> doesn't me off the hook
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>> But watch out for big oral cavities
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> er, yes
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> L
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>> Cheers Patrick -old cove beating incessantly !!
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
>> Sent: 21 December 2011 14:54
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: The bar between The Gugh and St Agnes seen from St Agnes
>>
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>> The bar is wide, the weather calmer than before.
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>> The cove beats incessantly.
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>> The porth's quiet.
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>> Few of the bar looks that grey. It is fair or pallid. It is all
>> whitish. Sun's bright.
>> Little contrast. Detail is difficult to find .
>> Is this an effect of light? or of bleaching?
>> of other weathering? or of disturbance bringing new stone to the bar?
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>> And thick strands
>> and tangles of seaweed. At the porth edge, some rocks are almost black
>> with weed, and some almost submerged by it. At the cove edge, especially
>> to the east, rocks, lichen brown pile up. Between those two darknesses
>> are whisperings, almost electrical in kind and strength; smooth sand or
>> ragged stone which, in dazzle, could be small broken shells; and, yet,
>> imagine a change of eyes' angle, observers, being seen, disclose
>> differences.
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>> The bend of dark weed at the full cove edge, like to a beach turn but
>> at tighter angle, breaks out patchily into the white as if black had been
>> spat, albeit from a giant mouth.
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>> Identify the evidence; and pause;
>> consider many possibilities. Undoubtedly, closer looking dispels the
>> illusion of discharge. One must think so, in lieu of a big oral cavity.
>> If one appears, then we must improvise.
>> All of us. The cowards, the wise, the brave, the indolent, the
>> uninvolved, ignorant, and fools, all of me, huddled here, waiting.
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>> The eastern coast of the porth is dark, hardly the bar at all, part of
>> The Gugh itself, spotted by grey stones partly buried in growth; and,
>> between that and the emitted incursion, grey stones an oddness, darker
>> than broken colour, all shading dimly steadily towards the sea. Near
>> sands are patchily bright.
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>> It's almost black
>> on each coast; but perspective dominates and restricts the visibility.
>> Whiteness
>> fails variegated with few dark stones. There are many small bits, which
>> increases a faceting of the whole. They sparkle: probably mica's
>> high-reflectivity.
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>> The sands are heavily trodden; flattening; barren.
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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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> 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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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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