Stealing Moments

Plastic Fish

Emily Lawrence — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:40:57 +0000

a fish swims a miracle in each splash of fin passing plastic moulds of himself here there everywhere even the voice of God won’t rid the earth from this plastic fog man has made what it has made we live in the freedom of our tongue we speak be gone...

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Impressions

Emily Lawrence — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:00:43 +0000

Impressions of nature: Southsea Rose Garden was quiet; people speckled Southsea Common like dandelions in a meadow, springing up everywhere. Plumes of smoke rose from disposable barbeques, flimsy flutterings, the city’s version of pheasants scattering from fields. It was the warmest it had been all year, and people sunned themselves...

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Becoming Wildwood

Emily Lawrence — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:57:44 +0000

5th May 2018, Creech Woods, 50°53’47.2″N 1°04’44.2″W The noise spindles the air, tumbling through the leaves to my ears. My insides lighten hearing it, like they are drifting above me, mixing with the current of wind and song. I stop, slow my breathing, tune my ears, listen to the voices....

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When autumn gently floats in..

Emily Lawrence — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 23:00:01 +0000

The Looe geese take off all in swathes, like kites ascending to the sky all in one go, memories of Southsea Kite Festival from home float through my mind, but that’s a summer thing, these geese carry notes of an autumn turning to winter. There’s a field within a field...

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On gulls – the swansong of the sea

Emily Lawrence — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:00:05 +0000

Mostly flying in huddles below a mop coloured sky. They flick and twist with the gusts of wind like they’re merely washing on a line. They feel each tug of wind with every minute feather, adjusting themselves, dancing with air to where the curls of wind are next, they dive...

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Watching

Emily Lawrence — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 08:00:16 +0000

The path back is never as obvious. You always wonder how you got where you did. The rocks seem higher, the faces slipperier, and the edges more jagged. Surely they didn’t hold my feet before? The silty rock, sivved to shards, feels like what I imagine walking on a wad...

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