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As the Notes Fade
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© 2014 expresseum poetics press www.expresseumpoetics.org.uk Authors retain sole copyright of their individual poems, lines or fragments. Poetry and visual image collage: Mark Goodwin Visual images: Nikki Clayton Poetry: Helen Fortescue-Poole, Mark Goodwin, Mike Green, Sheila Lockett, Sheila Sharpe, Elaine Wheeler, Pat White. The poems in this pamphlet were created from the Locks, Bells & Pealing Wallpaper series of poetry workshops facilitated by Mark Goodwin in 2013. The series of poetry workshops was a Writing East Midlands’ Write Here Residency. Funded by: Writing East Midlands, Museum Development East Midlands & expresseum poetics
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a crimson leaf
spirals
from a deeply foliaged tree
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late september w
ind blow
s through the park draw
s scent from the pines
sound wakens neurons
hairs trembling as
autumn arrives, a familiar comforting chink in the warm gold wedding ring of the wheel of the year
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step by spiral step as through labyrinthine meditation, re-counting
the resonant pilgrimage
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tune
on
the
edge
of recognition
rises
then
falls
rusted. silent
rustling leaves
thud of conkers
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pebbles glisten at the bottom and that is time here
bent and distorted, but so clean
so solemn and deep and unhurried
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like a gold drifting feather
in the sun
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wiggly lines of sound displayed straight, even,
marked with bars and a treble clef
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it is a certain alchemy that can transform ashes
into a brass and leather cacophonic peal
finge
rs m
ark
pape
r w
ith dragonflies, butterflies
smudged musical notes soft silver teardrops
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as the notes fade
the hum lingers
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charcoal echoed
dead trees pointing
chalk echoed
you
wal
k ou
t int
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nd, e
atin
g ai
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sing
wed
ding
ban
ds
in y
our
wak
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st to
see
them
spl
ash
fingers grow thin and rings slip
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orange song wordless as each tiny clunk each
released leaf makes
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from aeroplane above engine sound falls around us
cars pass by on the road
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cockatiels rattle through pebbles searching for insects
hiss of wings
pigeons in formation fly in to roost, settle, softly cooing
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all leaf is here ! we know
scent
of dahlias
chrysanthe mums
yellow orange green something just seen
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far away places
a bell echoed
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ring inside
trees like
wedding bands
stones tossed into ponds ; ripples
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a tower surrounded
by air’s
halo the halo
fattening on
vibration
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intentions through stone
through this brick ringing chamber
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