Filmpoem 25 / Jump Into Air - by
‘Jump Into Air’ is a poem by Guinevere Glasfurd on the subject of the decline of the British fishing industry.
fishing
Fishing With Norman MacCaig - by
Each time I called for him he was perfectly ready,equipment checked and in smooth order,pared to essentials. And I, cluttered with gadgets,would clatter behind as he led the way downstairs. In the boat, as befits a sedulous angler,he was taciturn, though between essential wordshe would give that courteous, gentle smilethat was his signature, before his […]
three fish - by
Box work
The Nightfishing - by
Way down in the warm blue crevasse
of night its fishing commences
Tide - by
On that sinuous passage from infancy
/ and youth’s buoyancy through middle
/ life to advanced years, the one certainty
/ is a…
A Memory of Death - by
Nineteen fifty six was a momentous year,
/ The year of Suez…
Seivin Verses for GMB - by
They are fermin the fower winds:
/ Five grey- stemmed daffodils
/ on the hill abuin Eynhallow
/ that whirlmagig air intil pouer.
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/ Aa Simmerdim on Flotta…
The Legless Man - by
(The Dark Side)
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/ My mind goes back to Fumin Wood, and how we stuck it out,
/ Eight days of hunger, thirst and…
Dividing Line - by
The blood / of the fish / becoming / the blood / of the bear.
The Song of Wandering Aengus - by
I went out to the hazel wood, / Because a fire was in my head, / And cut and peeled…
Night Fishing - by
i.m. Les Powici
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/ Britten’s Pond, a July dusk
/ mayflies hazing the flat, brown water
/ as the day’s last rooks flowed into the trees
/ and…
Fish-eye - by
Up in the dazzling dryness, mayflies dance,
/ tempting with tastiness all those who dare
/ leap through the world’s skin into empty air.
/ The…