Sport 24: Summer 2000
Rob Allan — The Poet Follows the Janet Frame Heritage Trail with His Beloved and Her Daughter
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.