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Catherine Bagnall L. Jane Sayle
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To Julian Bishop, who made all the difference.
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Contents
The time of the now
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Overwhelmed by something …
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The first day
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At last
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What bird is that?
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On we go
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Companions
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Going back
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Lovey
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In my stomach a winter garden at night …
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Botanical
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As you were
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Bedtime
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The company
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An ember-winged monarch …
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Souvenir
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360 degrees
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Superstructure
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As to my infinite …
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Quartz Hill
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The flowers of St Francis
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Two heroes
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Wildflowers
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List of works
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About the artist and the poet
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The time of the now
How to hear the rumble and echo of the world and refuse to understand it it’s not what you think the right now dwelling in the way of it
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Overwhelmed by something and happy to be because of the mystery and the plenitude Deep tunnels in white cliffs craquelure on the black square who knows what they may mean? I just love the big feeling It’s springtime for the lone sentry on guard at his outpost and musing on happiness a primary school word that doesn’t begin to explain the charms of living he thought
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