manchester - the rest of pomona strand - poem
Earlier in the month I published part of a section of manchester, the sequence I'm writing for my MA dissertation equivalent, called pomona strand. Here's the rest of that section, recently completed. I'm between a third and a half of the way through the sequence.
The other parts featured on santiago's dead wasp can be found in order of earliest to most recent and are: variable, float, reflect, and pomona strand (first section). Together with what's below they represent between a third and a half (again) of what's been completed so far.
pomona strand - continued
syringe floating in canal.
cyclist in dark glasses on
path sun in his eyes.
shaky photo of heron
taking off from water. listening
to some films on headphones
it's obvious the dialogue was recorded in
a studio. illuminated white
neon outline of a cross
on church tower in the dark.
looking through recent folders
notice compositional similarities
in a lot of photos. perhaps
due to the lens's limitations.
wooden jacob's ladder
stiles stone step
stiles (cut up gravestones
in places). stream dug
directed covered feeds
cattle drinking trough.
parts of wharf collapsed and
overgrown. railway
arches filled with rubble
and tyres. part of tree
polished smooth by sheep
scratching. generations of brickwork
colour and quality of build.
gravel. rotting matter
in ship canal produces
methane bubbles sometimes so
numerous it looks like rain
on the water. no one can be sure
how many super-injunctions
have been issued since they prevent
reporting even the fact
that there is an injunction. combined
with libel tourism where wealthy
individuals can suppress material
not published or available in britain
british courts are damaging
free speech and legitimate
criticism. functional structures
like dutch barns silage
clamps milking sheds.
structures history engineering
ownership artifice less visible
under grass and trees. buddliea
growing from walls roofs
chimneys. falcon nest in
city centre. slug
twentieth floor. unused
elevated former railway
tracks grown over.
The other parts featured on santiago's dead wasp can be found in order of earliest to most recent and are: variable, float, reflect, and pomona strand (first section). Together with what's below they represent between a third and a half (again) of what's been completed so far.
pomona strand - continued
syringe floating in canal.
cyclist in dark glasses on
path sun in his eyes.
shaky photo of heron
taking off from water. listening
to some films on headphones
it's obvious the dialogue was recorded in
a studio. illuminated white
neon outline of a cross
on church tower in the dark.
looking through recent folders
notice compositional similarities
in a lot of photos. perhaps
due to the lens's limitations.
wooden jacob's ladder
stiles stone step
stiles (cut up gravestones
in places). stream dug
directed covered feeds
cattle drinking trough.
parts of wharf collapsed and
overgrown. railway
arches filled with rubble
and tyres. part of tree
polished smooth by sheep
scratching. generations of brickwork
colour and quality of build.
gravel. rotting matter
in ship canal produces
methane bubbles sometimes so
numerous it looks like rain
on the water. no one can be sure
how many super-injunctions
have been issued since they prevent
reporting even the fact
that there is an injunction. combined
with libel tourism where wealthy
individuals can suppress material
not published or available in britain
british courts are damaging
free speech and legitimate
criticism. functional structures
like dutch barns silage
clamps milking sheds.
structures history engineering
ownership artifice less visible
under grass and trees. buddliea
growing from walls roofs
chimneys. falcon nest in
city centre. slug
twentieth floor. unused
elevated former railway
tracks grown over.
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