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Paula Bohince

Paula Bohince
Paula Bohince is the author of The Children and Incident at the Edge of Bayonet Woods. She lives in the United States.

'Descending Geese at Katada', a new poem by Paula Bohince

December 2013–January 2014, no. 357 01 December 2013
As flown from orange sunset, over mountain- shaded sea, at eventide. As boats are drawn in, sails begin to undress, or arrive anxious, fully bare-masted. Fishermen navigate reeds that signal harbour, and the homecoming emotions enlarge. Water holds blueness not much longer. Death will costume it in its colour, and the honking of geese will give voice to the grieving.  after the woodblock pri ... (read more)