with each addition, Lawrence (as here 2 latest) a wider realm of allusion emerges. so that 'n this description' becomes the leit motif of the series. as with here, some intriguing personification at work…
Doug
On 2011-12-15, at 6:52 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> This side it’s a large execution block,
> terminating The Cove spectacularly.
> The head goes in at the North, where the sand is,
> the body, awaiting its separation, at the South
> over the cluttered rock, legs out in water.
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> There’s even a restraint that would swing down from East,
> holding the neck still to receive its blow.
> In this description, the stones left lying about
> are members of the public, entertained,
> as small as starlings by the comparison.
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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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Douglas Barbour
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Something else is out there
godamnit
And I want to hear it
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