Julian Mann Poems

I see a loft light far away
where for tonight my love
forgoes her stage
to read Iain Banks
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In nature there is a power
That wills all saddened hearts
To joy, as each closed flower
Bears the strength the sun imparts;
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How complete the fields look
When between them runs a brook
Giving life to plains all still
But for soft grass that in a chill
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In this study:
Here is all time.
You can brush your hair
And dream of passing things;
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I'll meet you along the night road,
Not far from where an orchard showed
To me some lapping waters new,
For me at least, though more than a few
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I looked out to rainy gardens
As they spoke of invoices
And knew there would be days again
When I would brush the cheek and hold
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Now the sun goes to its rest
Behind a hedge by dewdrops blest
At eventide when lovers meet
And down the lane with springing feet
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Now the hedges are bearing gifts
Which human hands to the sun will lift
To find any red on a berry black
And if any red that berry lacks
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Now the heady bonfire air
Takes me far away somewhere
From the fire and smoke and yet
To their very birth near a farm sunset
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In many ways it's the perfect day
To see the county town of a shire;
A misty morning gives a fair warning
Which sunlight could not inspire.
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