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Eleanor Rees
Eleanor Rees is the author of four collections of poetry. Her most recent is The Well at Winter Solstice (Salt, 2019) and her fifth collection Tam Lin of the Winter Park, in which these poems will appear, is forthcoming from Guillemot Press in May, 2022. Eleanor is senior lecturer in creative writing at Liverpool Hope University and lives in Liverpool.

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Three Poems

Poetry

April 2022

Eleanor Rees

Poetry

April 2022

ESCAPE AT RED ROCKS   I am the colour of the outside, a stillness moving like a winter tide, a new shoreline in formation,...

poetry

September 2012

Mainline Rail

Eleanor Rees

poetry

September 2012

Back-to-backs, some of the last, and always just below the view   a sunken tide of regular sound west...

                                 When I pronounce silence I destroy it —Wislawa Szymborska   Every morning the sun slides open and the people in the Village are watchful For some reason no one can quite remember all the pianos have been abandoned and instead the harmonium is the only instrument that’s truly mastered The Mayor has a professorial air though he has no education to speak of as there are no schools, universities or libraries The waters (they say) have never been navigable and swimming is strictly prohibited   The Villagers occupy themselves with digging Most families will own a set of spades forged by the country smiths, children are shown the local digging methods as soon as they are able to walk The Villagers pride themselves on inventing The Baron — it has an extra wide mouth and a side-wing, which can cut out the skin of the earth in one clean stroke The people are adherents of the Old Faith; they recite passages of the ancient texts whilst they dig and on certain high holidays it is a sight to behold   A part-blind woman who lives in the North is the oldest citizen She is a witch  (of sorts) but is a highly cultured woman If you visit more often than not they will bring her to you The Village has its own coat of arms with a picture of a spade leaning on a simmal tree The tree has lovely small red flowers and is considered holy, though it produces fruit which is inedible even to the bats   *   Citizens of Everywhere is a project by the Centre for New and International Writing at the University of Liverpool @CitizensofWhere #CitizensofEverywhere

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August 2014

Eleanor Rees

Contributor

August 2014

Eleanor Rees is the author of four collections of poetry. Her most recent is The Well at Winter Solstice...

Crossing Over

poetry

September 2012

Eleanor Rees

poetry

September 2012

As he sails the coracle of willow and skins his bird eyes mirror the moon behind cloud. Spring tide drags west but he paddles...

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