Weve had a cracking first day at the 25th #charlestonfestival. To round off, were thrilled to unveil Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffys poem written especially for our birthday: Lessons in the Orchard An apples soft thump on the grass, somewhen in this place. What was it? Beauty of Bath. What was it? Yellow, vermillion, round, big, splendid; already escaping the edge of itself, like the mantra of bees, like the notes of rosemary, tarragon, thyme. Poppies scumble their colour onto the air, now and there, here, then and again. Alive-alive-oh, the hearts impulse to cherish; thus, a woman petalling paint onto a plate - cornflower blue - as the years pressed out her own violet ghost; that slow brush of vanishing cloud on the sky. And the dragonflys talent for turquoise. And the goldfish art of the pond. And the open windows calling the garden in. This bowl, life, that we fill and fill. Carol Ann Duffy
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 20:15:00 +0000
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