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Sport 24: Summer 2000

Rob Allan — The Poet Follows the Janet Frame Heritage Trail with His Beloved and Her Daughter

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Rob Allan

The Poet Follows the Janet Frame Heritage Trail with His Beloved and Her Daughter

I think we were getting to know each other
the trail
of signs along the streets.

It was Autumn or nearly Spring
the Spice Girls
were the most popular thing
and a deep feeling

whereever we were going

was nowhere very interesting
see here a gully
and a tree

this was the site of a house
a pear tree and a plum

over the rise of the hill
a motorway bringing us back
from the place we had come from.

A secret of the imagination
a place to entangle.
Something in the air the salty sea
the rich earth and froth and foldings
Overpowering I would say
any personal intention.