The Bar between St Agnes and The Gugh from St Agnes

Two seas square their dancing

reaching for each other

on the strength of their waves

but pulling back again

not all: some cross over,

and more, and more, they kiss –

tongues one might think merging –

the rock is down below;

and wrack's been pushed aside

as lunch things on tables

when a passion builds up...

slowly, slowly, pink, bare,

momentarily blue,

glistening, and green,

disappearing beneath

mechanical embrace

and the small observer

does well indeed not to

anthropomorphosise

trying to understand

© Lawrence Upton 2012

Lawrence Upton (born London 1949, of Cornish origins) is a poet, graphic artist and sound artist, currently directing Writers Forum. Upton is remarkable for the range of his genres and forms; and for the political savvy of his writing. He is a performer, continuing and expanding the performance tradition of, amongst others, Bob Cobbing. He spent much of the first decade of this century in Cornwall; but is now a Fellow of Goldsmiths, University of London.

More to be read at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Upton

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