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in anthology Four Caves of the Heart,

Second Light Publications, ISBN 095469340X

and in pamphlet  Single Travellers, 2004

Flarestack, ISBN 1900397706

 

Something Like a Stone

 

If I’d been asked a little while ago

what sadness is, and where it tends to grow,

I might have said:   it flourishes in shade

of sombre yews, or sighs in swaying reeds

along black creeks that web a lonely marsh

or overflows from reservoirs of grief.

 

I’d not have said: sadness unfolds like wings

that must not fly too near the scorching sun.

I’d not have said: sadness can weave a net

to trawl more fine and rare discoveries.

I’d not have said: sadness becomes a lens

that focuses the edge of happiness.

 

I’d still not say, because I still don’t know

if sadness is the kernel or the shell

for every nut of truth. I only know

that in my breast lies something like a stone

that was not there a little while ago.

 

Christine Coleman

 

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and in the shop...
pamphlet:
"Single Travellers"
Flarestack;

anthology:
"Four Caves of the Heart"
Second Light Publications

novel:
"The Dangerous Sports Euthanasia Society"
transita

 anthology -
"A Twist of Malice"

 


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