Or this perhaps?!Walk to Pagham Harbour
Returning to this place.
Which other soft lives have passed this way?
Whose expectant breath?
Whose hand held?
Moving through these gentle evolving spaces,
drifting sea meadow: campion, sedge, thrift,
tide-splintered wood made spongey,
and a raised matrix of residue at the littoral shelf.
Flattened, dull rosette, name now forgotten.
Brown velvet tight-furled ferns; ready to be sprung.
Samphire and sea beet: salt-sharp to the tongue
Sea sage and silvered purslane;
Sea lichen, filaments of pearled luminosity.
A leisurely droning bi-plane lulls overhead.
This tender journey channeled inland; a green cooler passage, waving hedgerows,
persistent calling of the intruder cuckoo.
Flashing points of reference:
bright broom and spiked gorse;
a single male orange-tip butterfly in light, uneven flight.
Quiet exclamation; onward journeying in a soundscape of wind-wrapped words;
Occasional near collision of pace and purpose.
Do you ever know that this is the last time?
A belly-level arc of blue grey horizon and swathes of stiff spartina grass.
The lunar pull revealing a sunken flow of mineral-rich salt flat;
a heron standing, watching.
Briefly wind-ruffled water; a tufted duck.
Other precious nests in striped concealment,
red bill, a coded solicitation.
Congested, slow moving green rife and flat wide field play out.
My line of connection and transformation,
This genetic footprint, this body, this moment,
Imperceptible trace.
L Fisher.
On 8 Oct 2015, at 10:26, David Haley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Andrew, hiFRIENDLY REMINDER: if you click REPLY to this email, you will be sending a message to over 300 subscribers. Please do so only if you wish to respond to everyone.
How about this…
Man Walks
Man walks deep in thought
His path absorbed by the ground
Man thinks deep in walk
On the moon man walked
Some small steps, some giant leaps
Meanwhile, down to earth
Man breathes many breaths
A thousand species expire
Alive to be pleased
With the sun behind
Footprints grow ever longer
Is this rainbow’s end?
Clouds form, thunder rolls
The man walks into the wind
Sunset, no rain falls
Eyes streaming, breath short
Dry river meanders by
Walk into the sun
David Haley 2009
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It is National Poetry Day in the UK and I wondered if anyone had a favourite walking poem or suggestions of poetry one should take on a walk.
I am expecting Dee Heddon and Misha Myers to select some terrific examples from the Walking Library.
What about poetry walks - I like the sound of this trail: http://eastvillagepoetrywalk.org/ - has anyone tried it?
And a plug for a Walking Artist and Poet - listen in to Katrina Naomi: http://www.talkingwalking.net/katrina-naomi-talking-walking/
Looking forward to your suggestions
Best, Andrew
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