{"id":459,"date":"2011-12-07T17:23:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T17:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=459"},"modified":"2020-01-07T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:20:47","slug":"word-and-image-from-helen-pletts-and-romit-berger-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/word-and-image-from-helen-pletts-and-romit-berger-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The restless Owl-boy studies Venus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ink-sweat-and-tears.blogharbor.com\/HelenIvory\/owl-boy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The restless Owl-boy studies Venus<br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">What do you see Owl-boy, stirring <\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">the feathered dark around you ?<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Your hollow head, plane on the pillow,<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">rattling with unbecoming dice-thoughts <\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">beside me. I see your lashes blink<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">their sleepless histories. The wishing star <\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">warms to your company, her cold<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">knuckle bends in your favour. Breaks<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">empty beds half open like walnuts&#8211;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">you creep from one shell to another.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Settle on a rib that tilts you skywards<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">and you\u2019re out into the dark again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong>*Poem by Helen Pletts<\/strong>\u2028 whose two collections, Bottle bank and For the chiding dove, are both\u2028published by YWO\/Legend Press (supported by The Arts Council) and\u2028available on Amazon. \u2018Bottle bank\u2019 was longlisted for The Bridport\u2028Poetry Prize 2006, under Helen\u2019s maiden name of Bannister. You are\u2028welcome to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stem-of-quietly-disarrayed-fertility.com\/\">www.stem-of-quietly-disarrayed-fertility.com.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong>*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<br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The restless Owl-boy studies VenusWhat do you see Owl-boy, stirring the feathered dark around you ?Your hollow head, plane on the pillow,rattling with unbecoming dice-thoughts beside me. I see your lashes blinktheir sleepless histories. The wishing star warms to your company, her coldknuckle bends in your favour. 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