{"id":14776,"date":"2017-11-02T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T08:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=14776"},"modified":"2020-12-09T15:28:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:28:57","slug":"word-image-by-helen-pletts-and-romit-berger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/word-image-by-helen-pletts-and-romit-berger\/","title":{"rendered":"Word & Image by Helen Pletts and Romit Berger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reconna\u00eetre<\/strong><\/p>\n

I want to remember the way back.
\nIt seems Orion has the compass’ foot,
\nSwinging his other leg out into the dark
\nWith the confidence of a man who walks on stars.<\/p>\n

I use the skills of the corncrake tonight.
\nI need to remember in the hatchling hour, that I was here, –
\nUnder this weight of milk white galaxies,
\nUnable to lose my way, – still, – under this same star.<\/p>\n

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Words by Helen Pletts<\/strong> (www.helenpletts.com<\/a> ) whose two collections, Bottle bank and For the chiding dove, are both published by YWO\/Legend Press (supported by The Arts Council) and available on Amazon. \u2018Bottle bank\u2019 was longlisted for The Bridport Poetry Prize 2006, under Helen\u2019s maiden name of Bannister. Working collaboratively on Word and Image with Romit Berger, illustrator, since 2012.<\/p>\n

Image by Romit Berger<\/strong> who says\u00a0 \u201cI am a graphic designer. I met my very dear friend, Helen Pletts, in Prague, several years ago. Helen\u2019s inspiration has led my graphic design career into that magical realm which combines illustration and poetry, and our creative wings continue to connect our souls through time and distance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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      Reconna\u00eetre I want to remember the way back. It seems Orion has the compass’ foot, Swinging his other leg out into the dark With the confidence of a man who walks on stars. I use the skills of the corncrake tonight. I need to remember in the hatchling hour, that I was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[136,7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2017-poetry-picks","category-prose-poetry","category-word-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14776"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21015,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14776\/revisions\/21015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}