Bordeaux Bay

Bordeaux Bay
Bordeaux Bay by Guernsey-based artist Tony Taylor

Tuesday, 7 June 2016

BACK TO THE FUTURE

As promised, Bard at Bay has returned today, following a short break. 
What better poem to resume with than one about hibernation: a brief suspension of time before the future resumes.

















HIBERNATION



Hibernation over, they wake
hungry. Then swiftly re-engage
in animal things: so the cycle
begins again. We understand that.

Is it fanciful to wonder
if they dream? Or is their slumber
incomprehensible, like death,
devoid of sense of anything?

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4 comments:

  1. John Buchanan7 June 2016 at 17:59

    Welcome back Richard, I really liked this one, having seen my cats and dogs feet twitching when they sleep, I choose to think that animals do dream, I just hope they are sweet dreams!

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  2. Richard Fleming8 June 2016 at 10:08

    I'm sure that animals have a fascinating inner world that we can only guess at.

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  3. Peter Kenny10 June 2016 at 08:33

    Yes welcome back Richard :-) Hope you are engaging fully in animal things...

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  4. Richard Fleming10 June 2016 at 14:54

    Sure am, Peter. Energetically!!!

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