Lee Harwood Biography

The white cloud passed over the land
there is sea always round the land
the sky is blue always above the cloud
the cloud in the blue continues to move
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Clouds scattered across the sky        all so far away
and then the space between        this strange 'distance'
What does 'normal' mean, after all?        you move
toward the window        lights marking the headland
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The table was filled with many objects

The wild tribesmen in the hills,
whose very robes were decorated with designs
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The ridges either side of the valley
were covered in dark pine forest.
The ploughed hill sides were red,
and the pastures were very green.
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for Marian

Looking at the zoo the great white park
of a misty winter’s afternoon
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