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‘The flame of outrage leaps…’

20 October 20261 August 2021 by Chris Fewings

Today I will cycle on the Birmingham canal
on the surface of the water to the bird reserve.
Today I will cycle to the bird reserve
and build a cairn in the middle of the lake.

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'This scribbling keeps me steady' alludes to a line in a villanelle by Theodore Roethke.
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