{"id":1097,"date":"2013-08-29T17:27:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T17:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2019-02-11T06:09:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T06:09:39","slug":"my-brother-and-i-poem-robin-marchesi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/my-brother-and-i-poem-robin-marchesi\/","title":{"rendered":"MY BROTHER AND I.Poem.Robin Marchesi."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Awaiting aeroplanes for separate destinations<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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My brother and I<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Walk together<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Through the old streets of Palma.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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An advert tempts us toward an exhibition<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Showing 15th century instruments of torture.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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We visit, instead,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A commemoration.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Old photographs from World War Two.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This war began 1939 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Who cares now?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Aliens<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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We leave the cathedral gallery.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Born in another time, we fight another battle.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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My brother and I,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Holding court on a park bench.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Two from one womb,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Immersed by our own private, interlocking, part.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The family from which we came,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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And the families before us,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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That keeps us a part,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Off springing our own branches.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It seems a miracle<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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And yet so common,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This touch of the centuries.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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How many other brothers and sisters,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Together have trudged these cobbles,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Wondering if they have the where with all,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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To sustain, their remaining years,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Without instruments of torture,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Or World War Two?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Neither pilot, nor inquisitor,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Knew of ‘crack’ ‘d ozone layers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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All the battles each generation faces.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s only ourselves we punish with oppression,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Not just the oppressed, but so too, the oppressor.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cultures divide, civilizations decay,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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But my brother and I, bonded in blood,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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See colour beyond set definition.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Look at all the brothers and sisters<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In the world, who stood their ground,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Countless times in countless years,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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That we, two, at this millenniums end,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Can be united,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Awaiting aeroplanes for separate destinations<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nRobin Marchesi, born in 1951, began writing in his teens, much to the consternation of his mother, <\/span>the sister of Eric Hobsbawm, the historian.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1992 Cosmic Books published his first book entitled\u00a0 \u201cA B C Quest\u201d. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1996 March Hare Press published \u201cKyoto Garden\u201d and in 1999 \u201cMy Heart is As\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

ClockTowerBooks published his Poetic Novella, \u201cA Small Journal of Heroin Addiction\u201d, digitally, in 2000. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Charta Books published his latest work entitled \u201cPoet of the Building Site\u201d, about his time working with Barry Flanagan the Sculptor of Hares, in association with the Irish Museum of Modern Art. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

He is presently working on an upcoming novel entitled \u201cA Story Made of Stone.\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
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\nhttp:\/\/www.illywords.com\/2011\/09\/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-glimpse-into-the-wonderland-of-barry-flanagan\/<\/strong>
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