Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Poem

Spike Island, Kakanui:
Autumn of the Lewismen

They cast their nets
under a long white cloud
Lewismen
beyond the curve wave deckle
fishing on ivory tonsured seas.

Till stars dissolved behind mist
and fires were kindled
pungent in autumn decay
shrinking the world to a global habit
and some custom we have retrieved.

by Lindsay Murray

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