{"id":7797,"date":"2021-07-20T11:54:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T11:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=7797"},"modified":"2021-07-20T11:54:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T11:54:32","slug":"thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-seagull-poem-by-annest-gwilym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-seagull-poem-by-annest-gwilym\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Seagull. Poem by Annest Gwilym"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nInspired by Wallace Stevens\u2019 Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird<\/em>
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\nI
\nThe world was born
\nFrom the point of light
\nIn a seagull\u2019s pale eye
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\nII
\nBeneath the sign
\nDON\u2019T FEED THE SEAGULLS
\nThe seagulls feed themselves
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\nIII
\nIn the sea\u2019s deep crypt
\nTwo oysters and a mussel
\nDream of seagulls
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\nIV
\nIn the woods of confusion
\nThe way out is marked
\nBy a trail of seagull droppings
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\nV
\nThe sun plays Midas on the water
\nWhile two seagulls play Mars
\nOver a limp sandwich
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\nVI
\nA flock of seagulls
\nAnd a raven
\nIs still a flock of seagulls
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\nVII
\nIn a castle\u2019s cobbled forecourt
\nA seagull and a collared dove
\nHold court
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\nVIII
\nWhen skies are violent
\nA seagull\u2019s muscular wings
\nHold up moisture-rich clouds
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\nIX
\nKillers from the egg<\/em>
\nEach seagull knows
\nHow to catch a pike
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\nX
\nIn a manor\u2019s formal gardens
\nWhere a marble fountain tinkles
\nA seagull\u2019s cries are informal
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\nXI
\nFrom a train\u2019s rectangular window
\nSeagulls chase after a plough
\nLike a sudden snow blizzard
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\nXII
\nOne of Braque\u2019s birds
\nDreamt that in another life
\nHe was a seagull
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\nXIII
\nAlone on a beach, a child watches
\nAs a dead seagull\u2019s wing flaps
\nQuietly in the breeze
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\n\u2018Killers from the egg\u2019<\/em> is from Ted Hughes\u2019s poem Pike<\/em>
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\nAuthor of two books of poetry: Surfacing<\/em> (2018) and What the Owl Taught Me <\/em>(2020), both published by Lapwing Poetry<\/a>. Annest has been published in many literary journals, both online and in print, and in anthologies. She has been placed in several writing competitions, winning one. She lives on the coast of north west Wales with her rescue dog. Twitter: @AnnestGwilym
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  Inspired by Wallace Stevens\u2019 Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird   I The world was born From the point of light In a seagull\u2019s pale eye   II Beneath the sign DON\u2019T FEED THE SEAGULLS The seagulls feed themselves   III In the sea\u2019s deep crypt Two oysters and a mussel Dream of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[956,808,796,366,401,43],"tags":[18,136,874],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7797"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7802,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797\/revisions\/7802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}