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Pauline Stainer
After the Ark
After the Ark
After the Ark
It’s not toldhow the animals left,
but waiting to disembark
their breath formed a cloud
and fell as light rain.
It gathered in hollows
under their eyes,
the peaceable kingdom
laid down, like memory
in a library of water
and long after landing
they would watch
for the waterspouts
and that mysterious fall
of fish from the air.
© 2008, Pauline Stainer
From: Crossing the Snowline
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books, Northumberland
From: Crossing the Snowline
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books, Northumberland
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After the Ark
It’s not toldhow the animals left,
but waiting to disembark
their breath formed a cloud
and fell as light rain.
It gathered in hollows
under their eyes,
the peaceable kingdom
laid down, like memory
in a library of water
and long after landing
they would watch
for the waterspouts
and that mysterious fall
of fish from the air.
From: Crossing the Snowline
After the Ark
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