{"id":299,"date":"2011-06-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=299"},"modified":"2011-06-27T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T11:00:00","slug":"some-ekphrasis-from-sarah-salway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/some-ekphrasis-from-sarah-salway\/","title":{"rendered":"Some ekphrasis from Sarah Salway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seeds<\/span>
   
(after Palm Sunday<\/span>, Anselm Keifer)<\/font><\/span>
<\/font>

Deep in the root ball of the ship<\/span>
the plant collector is making a nest.<\/span>

He counts his catch, tucks each seed<\/span>
in its own hand-labeled box, ebony<\/span>

cabinet ticking with paused hearts.<\/span>
He dreams one day of growing<\/span>

a fresh desert, of dried moments<\/span>
in the old land coming back to life.<\/span>

And as he waters the dust, sailors<\/span>
sleep and no-one sees the woodern<\/span>

mast dancing in tune to the wind\u2019s<\/span>
song until, reaching for water, it leans<\/span>

too far, loses balance. White sails,<\/span>
like baby gowns, christen the sea. <\/span>



*Sarah Salway<\/span> is a novelist, blogger and journalist, and currently works as the RLF Fellow at the London School of Economics. Find out more here: www.sarahsalway.net<\/a>
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