The Invisible Banquet
Sip on the sun, trapped
under the bridge
poached and runny as an egg.
Chew on the beech leaves
red, plump and leathery
like tomatoes, sun dried
and clinging to the riverbed.
Crunch on young shoots of reeds
buttered by ripples
like spring asparagus spears.
Nibble on the willow
like peppery rocket
dressed in olive oil
swimming in the sky.
Drink the bubbling foam
flowing from a pewter tankard
the colour of swan muscles.
Jason Howgate: ‘Mount Analogue is one of a series of paintings based on the River Hebden Water showing the river throughout the sessions. This image depicts summer. I wanted to show the many disorientating reflections that give an almost hallucinogenic feeling to the scene. I was also partly inspired by René Daumal’s novella Mount Analogue. “The door to the invisible must be visible.”
I have exhibited this painting in an earlier guise at the Albert Street Festival Gallery and in the Hebden Bridge Open studios.’ Mount Analogue, Blake DeanOil on canvas. 2012 (80cm x 120 cm)
Winston H.Plowes writes his words with two cats on a narrowboat on England’s inland waterways. His compositions have been widely published, hopefully making people pause and ponder the magical details of life. To find out more visit Winston’s website – www.winstonplowes.co.uk