Amy Clampitt High Poems
- 1. Brought From Beyond
The magpie and the bowerbird, its odd
predilection unheard of by Marco Polo
when he came upon, high in Badakhshan,
that blue stoneâ??s
... - 2. A Hermit Thrush
Nothing's certain. Crossing, on this longest day,
the low-tide-uncovered isthmus, scrambling up
the scree-slope of what at high tide
will be again an island,
... - 3. Exmoor
Lost aboard the roll of Kodac-
olor that was to have super-
seded all need to remember
Somerset were: a large flock
... - 4. A Cure At Porlock
For whatever did itâ??the cider
at the Ship Inn, where the crowd
from the bar that night had overflowed
singing into Southeyâ??s Corner, or
...
