Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Cold night

The old men feed evening fires

Family
The fire toasting us as
Children, into redness
Sitting in front of the fire long ago
Family
Rosy, cosy, 
Safe
The fire, a precious stone 
Family.


Chris Hawes
22 October 2015

Bakewell



From the arthur+martha project Stitching the Wars. A Two year collaboration with older people in Derbyshire, producing two embroidered quilts, a book, interviews and a series of poems. 
More poems found here. A short documentary film about the project found here.

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