The poem below was inspired by the chance discovery and purchase of a paperback edition of Lorca's 'Poet in New York' which had been withdrawn from the stock of the main public lending library in Bolton, England. 2006 sees the seventieth anniversary of
(In memory of Federico Garcia Lorca)
I found you in the lost shelves of civilisation,
Between the sunless day and the moonless night,
Blackness was your beacon, pushed into a grave,
Marked by a frayed bookmark, little flag of truth,
I found you standing upright, proud from the rest,
Whispering your place in the history of love and hate,
And when I rescued your body from the burial of books,
The light from the other side blinded me with hope.
Chris Fernie, 2006
Poetry by Chris Fernie
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Withdrawn from stock
Withdrawn from stock(In memory of Federico Garcia Lorca)
I found you in the lost shelves of civilisation,
Between the sunless day and the moonless night,
Blackness was your beacon, pushed into a grave,
Marked by a frayed bookmark, little flag of truth,
I found you standing upright, proud from the rest,
Whispering your place in the history of love and hate,
And when I rescued your body from the burial of books,
The light from the other side blinded me with hope.
Chris Fernie, 2006
Poetry by Chris Fernie
Read 495 times
Written on 2006-08-20 at 19:42
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