A poetic reading by Lloyd Godman

 

The unhomely Place

Against backgrounds of familiarity the unhomely emerges
Uncomfortable -  like grains of fine red desert sand
embedded in both people and place
like a sunburnt arm, a Sanraysian snake bite, it stings
the image maker searches for an eluding essence
the defining sign of capitulation that holds people and place together
here, the substance of bricks, particle board, pavement,
has no real adhesion - molecular erosion is rampant
as an attempt to contain
dark shadows push from the edge
while ribbons of blue and red vibrate in the centre