{"id":635,"date":"2020-10-08T12:37:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T11:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=635"},"modified":"2021-11-05T14:39:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T14:39:01","slug":"635-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=635","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Fence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(This collection revised in November 2021)<\/p>\n

My first collection of poems I called ‘Behind the Fence’, reflecting the restrictions of Covid lockdown in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n

In this second set I have moved out ‘Beyond the Fence’ to record thoughts, events, and people prompting me to verse. Most of it composed during late 2020 and into 2021, as we learnt how to navigate our way through the tricky landscape of post-lockdown, knowing our viral enemy was still very much around.<\/p>\n

I have added some earlier poems, and some triggered by music under the sub-title ‘If Music be the food…’ (with thanks to Shakespeare). Music has been a source of inspiration, solace, and pleasure throughout this strange period.<\/p>\n

Keith Spence, November 2021<\/p>\n

October Morning<\/a>
\nShadows<\/a>
\nA Beacon<\/a>
\nFirst Snow<\/a>
\nSnowdrops<\/a>
\nConfusion<\/a>
\nBeyond the Screen<\/a>
\nA Passing Tractor<\/a>
\nDisonnected<\/a>
\nPainting Spring<\/a>
\nThe Slow Lane<\/a>
\nSinging in the Rain<\/a>
\nNo Space<\/a>
\nA Blackbird Calls<\/a>
\nHope Park<\/a>
\nThe Rosebush<\/a>
\nCastlerigg Stone Circle<\/a>
\nSt. Non\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Chapel<\/a>
\nShaping Life (Barbara Hepworth)<\/a>
\nHenry Moore<\/a>
\nLong Meg<\/a>
\nThe Still Point<\/a>
\nWalking through Leaves<\/a><\/p>\n

If music be the food of love …<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hildegard of Bingen<\/a>
\nTouching the Divine<\/a>
\nDawn Portal<\/a>
\nWaking<\/a>
\nA Young Girl Running
\n<\/a>Melting Ice<\/a>
\nAir Piano<\/a>
\nCarman<\/a>
\nShingle Beach<\/a>
\nI Hear Those Voices<\/a>
\nSolo Performance<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/p>\n

(This collection revised in November 2021)<\/p>\n

My first collection of poems I called ‘Behind the Fence’, reflecting the restrictions of Covid lockdown in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n

In this second set I have moved out ‘Beyond the Fence’ to record thoughts, events, and people prompting me to verse. Most of it composed during late 2020 and into 2021, as…<\/p>\n

Continue readingBeyond the Fence<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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