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ALEC FINLAY Alec Finlay is an artist and apoet, recently artist in residence at THE BALTIC (Gateshead). His press Morning Star (1990 –2003) has published 50 & titles. Alec coordinates the renga platform, a shared writing project: poetrycircus, a series of readings and performances and a new collaborative piece entitled Sewing Circle, as part of his residency at the BALTIC.
THISTLE BLOSSOM
I had a wonderful day
today.
Do you remember
those flowers
in the back of
my car?
Well there was
a set of
thistle looking things
among them
that didn’t
promise
to ever amount
to much
and this morning
When I got up
they had
suddenly
decided to
develop the most
amazing blossom.
Strangely,
this cheered me
enormously
and set the whole
mood
fora day
of noticing
things
that I should
probably
pass by
in an ordinary
state of mind.
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