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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 29

Posted on 21/04/2020 by Bobby Seal

I re-read Alice Oswald’s poem, Hymn to Iris, yesterday. I first encountered it in her 2005 collection Woods etc. I recalled it as a poem of fatalistic despair. But reading it again this week, in these days dominated by an … Continue reading →

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A Bridge That Divides

Posted on 30/11/2017 by Bobby Seal

A bridge that links and divides. Two nations, border country, and in my mind I’m so close to the edge. But fly-strewn water fills my mouth, and drowns all possible words. The water is warm and viscous, its whole surface … Continue reading →

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