let loose poems booklet
TRANSCRIPT
Ken Cockburn | Michael BrownSusan Humble | Elena Nicolson
Hilary Rae | Ella Robertson | Bertha Walker
Poems
Poems fromDunbar’s Close Garden,
April 2014.
Written in a workshop with Ken Cockburn as part of
Artlink’s Let Loose,a project exploring text in art.
5
Trios
brave spring flowers face the cold grey skysearching for sun
Hilary Rae
low symmetrical hedges grecian colonnadesa plastic bag flaps in the branches
Ken Cockburn
6
Trios
ancient sediment giant tulip treeblue skies
Michael Brown
it was cold and hazy now hands around a cup of teathen homeward bound
Bertha Walker
7
Trios
planted patterns walls protectingbuds bursting out
Susan Humble
exotic orange vision of Arabiato brighten dull weather
Ella Robertson
dark wet horrible cold windy dryhopefully sunny, light and warm
Elena Nicolson
9
Haiku
April-grey morninghidden city gardena buddleia, high on the wall
Ken Cockburn
winter into springtrees in bud and daffodilsgrey sky and screaming gulls
Hilary Rae
10
Haiku
four centuries backa garden restoredentropy back to symmetry
Michael Brown
a chilly noonhidden gardens with chirping birdsbut no bird sounds for me
Bertha Walker
11
Haiku
early springin a hidden gardensirens signal the city
Susan Humble
misty middayan orchardbirds sing before resting
Ella Robertson
noonbudding plantspeople strolling around, cold
Elena Nicolson
12
Mesostics
12
DUNBARS
CLOSE
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iscoveredrghewyyingabbleymmetry
reatedizabethanrderteemedn
Michael Brown
13
Mesostics
13
GARDEN
orpt
hestone
be
anisedthways,immedges,
ches
Ken Cockburn
OBELISK
gr
buildis
kir
ldeautifuleneanngues
Elena Nicolson
HERBS
trosco
verba
ymemaryianderenail
Hilary Rae
14
Mesostics
HOLLY
TREES
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symbo
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elevid
season
arpwer branchesassic forule tide
raight oroundedgantnce of
Ella RobertsonBAY
TREE
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prett
riotend
plantsquare
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Susan Humble
15
Mesostics
15
SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY
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a gardenwi
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herbs
lippedwsdhelipee
Bertha Walker
16
Questions and Answers
What is a tree?
A life rooted to the groundbranching out intofine furniture and fuelfor the fire, and yetshade in the sunand playthings for boys to climb upon
Michael Brown
17
Questions and Answers
What is a yew tree?
A yew hedge issoft powera mutable walla vertical recliner
Ken Cockburn
What is a path?
A place to stroll for peoplebeautiful, noisy graveltrees, flowers, colours and smells
Elena Nicolson
18
Questions and Answers
What is a garden?
A path cut through chaosnature squared
Susan Humble
What is a tree?
A maze of branchesa haven for birdsa shelter for the rain
Ella Robertson
19
Questions and Answers
What is calmness?
Breathing deeplyin a quiet gardensurrounded by nature
its beautiful vistasits enveloping scentsthat calm the soul
my hands caressingmy four legged friendsniffing inquisitivelooking at me with loving, trusting eyes
Bertha Walker
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