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<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Grieving for the civilisation now in exit, <\/p>\n Gaze on the peak compacted splendours splits in eye-pupils one sweep how all the world is small my eyes roam free cloud billows out a sudden downpour the shore of the clear lake leave aside blue dark waters nothing larger squinting gaze the far pastures of the nomads being stirred depends on true friends the sea accepts all streams after a long time sunlight shifted in years gone <\/p>\n Allen Fisher, poet, painter, art historian,<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Grieving for the civilisation now in exit, for Chris Torrance, after Du Fu Gaze on the peak without ever there green unending compacted splendours riving dusk and dawn exhilarated layers of cloud splits in eye-pupils the entry of homing birds a summit you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[66,12],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/images.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42xiC-25C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8036"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8333,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8036\/revisions\/8333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nfor Chris Torrance, after Du Fu<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nwithout ever there
\ngreen unending<\/p>\n
\nriving dusk and dawn
\nexhilarated layers of cloud<\/p>\n
\nthe entry of homing birds
\na summit you never climb to<\/p>\n
\ndays of rushing through the yard
\nwithout study<\/p>\n
\ndrift of clouds stretch
\nthe level moors<\/p>\n
\npeals of thunder
\nswallows winging from the curtains<\/p>\n
\nand fish sink
\nthen hear the gate<\/p>\n
\na sweet banquet
\nthe mournful strings of a shack-dweller<\/p>\n
\nwarfare
\nhis lasting radiance<\/p>\n
\noverhanging banks
\nthe tips of autumn hairs<\/p>\n
\nand the distant
\nis small<\/p>\n
\nfollows the birds into
\nmountains<\/p>\n
\nturned upside-down
\nstreams of tears<\/p>\n
\nthe looming heights
\na particular strut<\/p>\n
\nand nowhere
\naccepts all additions of earth<\/p>\n
\nmusic concluded
\nfocused thought<\/p>\n
\nperformed in the distance
\nroamed in vast spacetime<\/p>\n
\npublisher-editor Spanner, co-publisher Aloes Books.<\/span>
\n\u2022 currently paintings in group show at Courtyard, Hereford.<\/span>
\n\u2022 paintings and performance Kunsthall Oslo, October-November 2022.<\/span>
\n\u2022 show and performances at tactileBOSCH, Cardiff with Penny Hallas and Lyn Davies, 2021.<\/span>
\n\u2022 www.allenfisher.co.uk<\/span>
\n\u2022 recent publication proceeds in the garden, after Dante\u2019s Paradiso (paintings), 2022;<\/span>
\nBlack Pond (paintings and poetry), 2020;<\/span>
\nImperfect Fit (essays on Aesthetics, Facture & Perception, University of Alabama);<\/span>
\nNO LONGER ALONE (poetry with photographs by Paige Mitchell).<\/span>
\nPLACE (1971-1981) and GRAVITY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF SHAPE (1983-2007) available in a complete editions from Reality Street Editions.<\/span><\/p>\nClick here to go back to:\u00a0Contributors and Links to Pages 1 – 4<\/a><\/h4>\n