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Category:
Poetry
A collection of poems about Ilfracombe, Devon, UK; with photos by Neil Carter & Gemma Dart. The original intention of the project was to make a photographic and written record of this one place, the manner conversational, thoughts arising from observations and incidents.
"...unassailable talent..." North Devon Journal
HERE
To belong here,
but not to be owned,
we deny
the false identities of place
and history.
We, here, are not
where we came from.
Nor are we, here,
where we have arrived.
We, here, don't believe
what this local council says,
let alone
government mouthpieces.
Here,
not of a nation,
not of a people,
uncertain even
of here's name, here's spelling,
we call here
'apostrophe combe.'
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