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A poem by John Barr
I stare down into waterburn.This urge to enter what we see.Unrefracted tropical sunwith…
To my goddaughter,
I know your difficultiesAnd because you canLaugh and smileThrough it all,That…
we sawthe moon sailing archipelagos of clouda
bare branches bloom with raindrops(shining and pouched with the whole world)
Sometimes the world is smashedlike shattered glass, desire entangledin instinct and…
You see it now. Get distance.There is no direction but awayand away, run until scree gives wayto a sharpness of air so brittlethat light…
When I look back, across dales and fieldsI see myself running. Through the long grass,through towns strung with bunting…